Forestdale vs Provincetown

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

Forestdale and Provincetown 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 3,466 in Provincetown). Provincetown has the higher median household income ($123,456 vs $105,368 in Forestdale). Provincetown has the higher median home value ($786,900 vs $462,500 in Forestdale).

Population, income & housing

	Forestdale	Provincetown
Population	3,716	3,466
Median age	42.8 yrs	56.6 yrs
Median household income	$105,368	$123,456
Median home value	$462,500	$786,900
Median gross rent	$1,790	$1,331
Housing units	1,580	4,542
Homeownership rate	90.4%	70.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.7%	62.5%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	8.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Forestdale	Provincetown
Population	3,791 → 3,716 (-2.0%)	2,730 → 3,466 (+27.0%)
Median household income	$98,182 → $105,368 (+7.3%)	$58,313 → $123,456 (+111.7%)
Median home value	$349,500 → $462,500 (+32.3%)	$626,300 → $786,900 (+25.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,232 → $1,790 (+45.3%)	$1,202 → $1,331 (+10.7%)

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

Provincetown

Population

2,7303,466

Median household income

$58,313$123,456

Median home value

$626,300$786,900

Median gross rent

$1,202$1,331

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Forestdale	Provincetown
Under 5	7.4%	3.5%
5 to 17	17.9%	4.1%
18 to 24	5.6%	1.6%
25 to 34	9.1%	12.8%
35 to 44	13.7%	10.8%
45 to 54	9.1%	13.7%
55 to 64	23.4%	29.0%
65 to 74	8.7%	15.1%
75 and over	5.2%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Forestdale	Provincetown
White (non-Hispanic)	93.5%	75.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	7.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.5%	0.5%
Asian	0.3%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.6%
Two or more races	2.6%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	13.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Forestdale	Provincetown
No high school diploma	2.5%	4.2%
High school graduate	23.8%	15.3%
Some college or associate's	35.0%	18.0%
Bachelor's degree	24.4%	30.3%
Graduate or professional degree	14.2%	32.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Forestdale	Provincetown
Drove alone	85.5%	37.3%
Carpooled	8.2%	6.7%
Public transit	0.0%	1.8%
Walked	0.0%	11.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	9.1%
Worked from home	6.3%	32.0%
Other means	0.0%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Forestdale	Provincetown
1-unit, detached	94.8%	37.5%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	5.9%
2 to 4 units	2.5%	36.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	13.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Forestdale	Provincetown
Poverty rate	3.9%	11.4%
Average household size	2.58	1.80
Mean commute (minutes)	30	19
Median year structure built	1980	1954