East Sandwich vs Forestdale

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

East Sandwich 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 3,597 in East Sandwich). East Sandwich has the higher median household income ($128,750 vs $105,368 in Forestdale). East Sandwich has the higher median home value ($651,900 vs $462,500 in Forestdale).

Population, income & housing

	East Sandwich	Forestdale
Population	3,597	3,716
Median age	56.3 yrs	42.8 yrs
Median household income	$128,750	$105,368
Median home value	$651,900	$462,500
Median gross rent	$1,556	$1,790
Housing units	2,175	1,580
Homeownership rate	92.4%	90.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	54.3%	38.7%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	East Sandwich	Forestdale
Population	3,473 → 3,597 (+3.6%)	3,791 → 3,716 (-2.0%)
Median household income	$107,793 → $128,750 (+19.4%)	$98,182 → $105,368 (+7.3%)
Median home value	$484,400 → $651,900 (+34.6%)	$349,500 → $462,500 (+32.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,289 → $1,556 (+20.7%)	$1,232 → $1,790 (+45.3%)

East Sandwich

Population

3,4733,597

Median household income

$107,793$128,750

Median home value

$484,400$651,900

Median gross rent

$1,289$1,556

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 Sandwich	Forestdale
Under 5	3.2%	7.4%
5 to 17	9.6%	17.9%
18 to 24	9.4%	5.6%
25 to 34	4.9%	9.1%
35 to 44	5.8%	13.7%
45 to 54	16.2%	9.1%
55 to 64	12.6%	23.4%
65 to 74	25.1%	8.7%
75 and over	13.2%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	East Sandwich	Forestdale
White (non-Hispanic)	95.9%	93.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.5%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.4%
Two or more races	1.9%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	East Sandwich	Forestdale
No high school diploma	1.1%	2.5%
High school graduate	15.5%	23.8%
Some college or associate's	29.1%	35.0%
Bachelor's degree	27.5%	24.4%
Graduate or professional degree	26.9%	14.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	East Sandwich	Forestdale
Drove alone	70.6%	85.5%
Carpooled	9.0%	8.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.8%	6.3%
Other means	2.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	East Sandwich	Forestdale
1-unit, detached	96.6%	94.8%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	1.5%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	East Sandwich	Forestdale
Poverty rate	12.1%	3.9%
Average household size	2.35	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	30	30
Median year structure built	1979	1980