Forestville vs Marlton

A side-by-side comparison of Forestville and Marlton: population, income, housing, and more.

Forestville and Marlton are places in Maryland. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Forestville has the higher population (10,839 vs 10,223 in Marlton). Marlton has the higher median household income ($119,486 vs $80,028 in Forestville). Marlton has the higher median home value ($398,900 vs $324,700 in Forestville).

Population, income & housing

	Forestville	Marlton
Population	10,839	10,223
Median age	42.3 yrs	42.8 yrs
Median household income	$80,028	$119,486
Median home value	$324,700	$398,900
Median gross rent	$1,694	$1,857
Housing units	4,836	3,990
Homeownership rate	64.9%	88.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.1%	41.1%
Unemployment rate	6.4%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Forestville	Marlton
Population	12,342 → 10,839 (-12.2%)	9,071 → 10,223 (+12.7%)
Median household income	$68,507 → $80,028 (+16.8%)	$108,506 → $119,486 (+10.1%)
Median home value	$228,500 → $324,700 (+42.1%)	$293,200 → $398,900 (+36.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,466 → $1,694 (+15.6%)	$1,693 → $1,857 (+9.7%)

Forestville

Population

12,34210,839

Median household income

$68,507$80,028

Median home value

$228,500$324,700

Median gross rent

$1,466$1,694

Marlton

Population

9,07110,223

Median household income

$108,506$119,486

Median home value

$293,200$398,900

Median gross rent

$1,693$1,857

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Forestville	Marlton
Under 5	2.9%	4.2%
5 to 17	19.1%	17.2%
18 to 24	5.8%	6.1%
25 to 34	15.0%	10.7%
35 to 44	10.0%	14.6%
45 to 54	11.8%	16.0%
55 to 64	17.7%	17.8%
65 to 74	10.7%	8.2%
75 and over	6.9%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Forestville	Marlton
White (non-Hispanic)	2.6%	9.0%
Black or African American	87.1%	83.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.3%
Asian	0.5%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.0%	1.5%
Two or more races	4.3%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	4.9%	3.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Forestville	Marlton
No high school diploma	11.5%	3.0%
High school graduate	36.5%	24.6%
Some college or associate's	29.9%	31.3%
Bachelor's degree	14.7%	25.5%
Graduate or professional degree	7.5%	15.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Forestville	Marlton
Drove alone	59.8%	66.5%
Carpooled	9.6%	6.4%
Public transit	10.4%	1.2%
Walked	2.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.4%	22.9%
Other means	2.0%	3.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Forestville	Marlton
1-unit, detached	53.4%	58.7%
1-unit, attached	10.7%	31.6%
2 to 4 units	1.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	30.8%	5.0%
20 or more units	3.0%	4.7%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Forestville	Marlton
Poverty rate	10.2%	4.3%
Average household size	2.42	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	36	41
Median year structure built	1967	1988