East Dennis vs Forestdale

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

East Dennis 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 3,685 in East Dennis). Forestdale has the higher median household income ($105,368 vs $100,504 in East Dennis). East Dennis has the higher median home value ($658,500 vs $462,500 in Forestdale).

Population, income & housing

	East Dennis	Forestdale
Population	3,685	3,716
Median age	62.6 yrs	42.8 yrs
Median household income	$100,504	$105,368
Median home value	$658,500	$462,500
Median gross rent	$721	$1,790
Housing units	2,292	1,580
Homeownership rate	84.2%	90.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.5%	38.7%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	East Dennis	Forestdale
Population	2,575 → 3,685 (+43.1%)	3,791 → 3,716 (-2.0%)
Median household income	$64,096 → $100,504 (+56.8%)	$98,182 → $105,368 (+7.3%)
Median home value	$454,900 → $658,500 (+44.8%)	$349,500 → $462,500 (+32.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,278 → $721 (-43.6%)	$1,232 → $1,790 (+45.3%)

East Dennis

Population

2,5753,685

Median household income

$64,096$100,504

Median home value

$454,900$658,500

Median gross rent

$1,278$721

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)

	East Dennis	Forestdale
Under 5	1.7%	7.4%
5 to 17	6.8%	17.9%
18 to 24	5.3%	5.6%
25 to 34	9.9%	9.1%
35 to 44	11.6%	13.7%
45 to 54	7.1%	9.1%
55 to 64	13.1%	23.4%
65 to 74	23.6%	8.7%
75 and over	20.9%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	East Dennis	Forestdale
White (non-Hispanic)	95.7%	93.5%
Black or African American	1.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	1.5%
Asian	0.7%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	1.8%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.2%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	East Dennis	Forestdale
No high school diploma	1.1%	2.5%
High school graduate	21.6%	23.8%
Some college or associate's	30.8%	35.0%
Bachelor's degree	29.4%	24.4%
Graduate or professional degree	17.1%	14.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	East Dennis	Forestdale
Drove alone	81.0%	85.5%
Carpooled	2.6%	8.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.1%	6.3%
Other means	1.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	East Dennis	Forestdale
1-unit, detached	87.4%	94.8%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	4.1%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	6.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	East Dennis	Forestdale
Poverty rate	4.2%	3.9%
Average household size	2.41	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	20	30
Median year structure built	1979	1980