Forestville vs Mitchellville

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

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

Mitchellville has the higher population (11,325 vs 10,839 in Forestville). Mitchellville has the higher median household income ($152,795 vs $80,028 in Forestville). Mitchellville has the higher median home value ($490,400 vs $324,700 in Forestville).

Population, income & housing

	Forestville	Mitchellville
Population	10,839	11,325
Median age	42.3 yrs	47.5 yrs
Median household income	$80,028	$152,795
Median home value	$324,700	$490,400
Median gross rent	$1,694	$2,372
Housing units	4,836	4,193
Homeownership rate	64.9%	93.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.1%	52.5%
Unemployment rate	6.4%	6.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Forestville	Mitchellville
Population	12,342 → 10,839 (-12.2%)	11,547 → 11,325 (-1.9%)
Median household income	$68,507 → $80,028 (+16.8%)	$125,625 → $152,795 (+21.6%)
Median home value	$228,500 → $324,700 (+42.1%)	$354,300 → $490,400 (+38.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,466 → $1,694 (+15.6%)	$2,175 → $2,372 (+9.1%)

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

Mitchellville

Population

11,54711,325

Median household income

$125,625$152,795

Median home value

$354,300$490,400

Median gross rent

$2,175$2,372

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Forestville	Mitchellville
Under 5	2.9%	4.4%
5 to 17	19.1%	11.5%
18 to 24	5.8%	8.6%
25 to 34	15.0%	10.8%
35 to 44	10.0%	12.7%
45 to 54	11.8%	12.0%
55 to 64	17.7%	17.9%
65 to 74	10.7%	13.5%
75 and over	6.9%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Forestville	Mitchellville
White (non-Hispanic)	2.6%	4.5%
Black or African American	87.1%	85.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	4.3%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	4.9%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Forestville	Mitchellville
No high school diploma	11.5%	4.3%
High school graduate	36.5%	19.3%
Some college or associate's	29.9%	23.9%
Bachelor's degree	14.7%	27.3%
Graduate or professional degree	7.5%	25.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Forestville	Mitchellville
Drove alone	59.8%	63.9%
Carpooled	9.6%	7.9%
Public transit	10.4%	6.9%
Walked	2.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.4%	18.1%
Other means	2.0%	3.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Forestville	Mitchellville
1-unit, detached	53.4%	73.3%
1-unit, attached	10.7%	25.0%
2 to 4 units	1.8%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	30.8%	0.6%
20 or more units	3.0%	0.2%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Forestville	Mitchellville
Poverty rate	10.2%	2.4%
Average household size	2.42	2.83
Mean commute (minutes)	36	34
Median year structure built	1967	1989