Dennis Port vs Forestdale

A side-by-side comparison of Dennis Port and Forestdale: population, income, housing, and more.

Dennis Port and Forestdale are places in Massachusetts. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Forestdale has the higher population (3,716 vs 3,439 in Dennis Port). Forestdale has the higher median household income ($105,368 vs $61,974 in Dennis Port). Forestdale has the higher median home value ($462,500 vs $450,500 in Dennis Port).

Population, income & housing

	Dennis Port	Forestdale
Population	3,439	3,716
Median age	58.3 yrs	42.8 yrs
Median household income	$61,974	$105,368
Median home value	$450,500	$462,500
Median gross rent	$1,524	$1,790
Housing units	5,260	1,580
Homeownership rate	69.1%	90.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.0%	38.7%
Unemployment rate	7.2%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dennis Port	Forestdale
Population	3,428 → 3,439 (+0.3%)	3,791 → 3,716 (-2.0%)
Median household income	$55,256 → $61,974 (+12.2%)	$98,182 → $105,368 (+7.3%)
Median home value	$321,200 → $450,500 (+40.3%)	$349,500 → $462,500 (+32.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,509 → $1,524 (+1.0%)	$1,232 → $1,790 (+45.3%)

Dennis Port

Population

3,4283,439

Median household income

$55,256$61,974

Median home value

$321,200$450,500

Median gross rent

$1,509$1,524

Forestdale

Population

3,7913,716

Median household income

$98,182$105,368

Median home value

$349,500$462,500

Median gross rent

$1,232$1,790

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dennis Port	Forestdale
Under 5	1.0%	7.4%
5 to 17	8.3%	17.9%
18 to 24	5.0%	5.6%
25 to 34	8.7%	9.1%
35 to 44	7.1%	13.7%
45 to 54	14.9%	9.1%
55 to 64	23.8%	23.4%
65 to 74	19.0%	8.7%
75 and over	12.3%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dennis Port	Forestdale
White (non-Hispanic)	85.5%	93.5%
Black or African American	2.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.5%
Asian	0.1%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	6.0%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	5.6%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dennis Port	Forestdale
No high school diploma	5.0%	2.5%
High school graduate	23.7%	23.8%
Some college or associate's	33.3%	35.0%
Bachelor's degree	23.7%	24.4%
Graduate or professional degree	14.3%	14.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dennis Port	Forestdale
Drove alone	76.8%	85.5%
Carpooled	8.5%	8.2%
Public transit	0.9%	0.0%
Walked	5.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.8%	6.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dennis Port	Forestdale
1-unit, detached	77.9%	94.8%
1-unit, attached	5.7%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	3.4%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	7.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Dennis Port	Forestdale
Poverty rate	18.9%	3.9%
Average household size	1.85	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	28	30
Median year structure built	1961	1980