Falmouth vs Forestdale

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

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

Falmouth has the higher population (3,996 vs 3,716 in Forestdale). Forestdale has the higher median household income ($105,368 vs $68,267 in Falmouth). Falmouth has the higher median home value ($745,900 vs $462,500 in Forestdale).

Population, income & housing

	Falmouth	Forestdale
Population	3,996	3,716
Median age	63.1 yrs	42.8 yrs
Median household income	$68,267	$105,368
Median home value	$745,900	$462,500
Median gross rent	$1,175	$1,790
Housing units	3,275	1,580
Homeownership rate	53.7%	90.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.8%	38.7%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Falmouth	Forestdale
Population	3,540 → 3,996 (+12.9%)	3,791 → 3,716 (-2.0%)
Median household income	$41,343 → $68,267 (+65.1%)	$98,182 → $105,368 (+7.3%)
Median home value	$540,000 → $745,900 (+38.1%)	$349,500 → $462,500 (+32.3%)
Median gross rent	$853 → $1,175 (+37.7%)	$1,232 → $1,790 (+45.3%)

Falmouth

Population

3,5403,996

Median household income

$41,343$68,267

Median home value

$540,000$745,900

Median gross rent

$853$1,175

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)

	Falmouth	Forestdale
Under 5	2.6%	7.4%
5 to 17	8.5%	17.9%
18 to 24	4.5%	5.6%
25 to 34	12.1%	9.1%
35 to 44	6.5%	13.7%
45 to 54	5.3%	9.1%
55 to 64	15.2%	23.4%
65 to 74	27.0%	8.7%
75 and over	18.3%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Falmouth	Forestdale
White (non-Hispanic)	79.4%	93.5%
Black or African American	1.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.4%	1.5%
Asian	3.1%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	7.8%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	5.2%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Falmouth	Forestdale
No high school diploma	6.1%	2.5%
High school graduate	14.9%	23.8%
Some college or associate's	27.1%	35.0%
Bachelor's degree	28.1%	24.4%
Graduate or professional degree	23.7%	14.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Falmouth	Forestdale
Drove alone	56.4%	85.5%
Carpooled	8.9%	8.2%
Public transit	3.9%	0.0%
Walked	6.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	22.7%	6.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Falmouth	Forestdale
1-unit, detached	57.9%	94.8%
1-unit, attached	11.3%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	14.0%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	13.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Falmouth	Forestdale
Poverty rate	23.4%	3.9%
Average household size	1.83	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	19	30
Median year structure built	1959	1980