Forestdale vs Sagamore

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

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

Sagamore has the higher population (3,958 vs 3,716 in Forestdale). Sagamore has the higher median household income ($132,000 vs $105,368 in Forestdale). Sagamore has the higher median home value ($562,600 vs $462,500 in Forestdale).

Population, income & housing

	Forestdale	Sagamore
Population	3,716	3,958
Median age	42.8 yrs	47.1 yrs
Median household income	$105,368	$132,000
Median home value	$462,500	$562,600
Median gross rent	$1,790	$1,752
Housing units	1,580	1,892
Homeownership rate	90.4%	82.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.7%	51.2%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Forestdale	Sagamore
Population	3,791 → 3,716 (-2.0%)	3,675 → 3,958 (+7.7%)
Median household income	$98,182 → $105,368 (+7.3%)	$91,688 → $132,000 (+44.0%)
Median home value	$349,500 → $462,500 (+32.3%)	$412,400 → $562,600 (+36.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,232 → $1,790 (+45.3%)	$1,341 → $1,752 (+30.6%)

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

Sagamore

Population

3,6753,958

Median household income

$91,688$132,000

Median home value

$412,400$562,600

Median gross rent

$1,341$1,752

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Forestdale	Sagamore
Under 5	7.4%	2.4%
5 to 17	17.9%	16.4%
18 to 24	5.6%	7.6%
25 to 34	9.1%	12.4%
35 to 44	13.7%	8.2%
45 to 54	9.1%	16.3%
55 to 64	23.4%	16.4%
65 to 74	8.7%	10.9%
75 and over	5.2%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Forestdale	Sagamore
White (non-Hispanic)	93.5%	94.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	3.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Forestdale	Sagamore
No high school diploma	2.5%	2.2%
High school graduate	23.8%	15.1%
Some college or associate's	35.0%	31.5%
Bachelor's degree	24.4%	37.7%
Graduate or professional degree	14.2%	13.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Forestdale	Sagamore
Drove alone	85.5%	72.7%
Carpooled	8.2%	8.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.3%	16.5%
Other means	0.0%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Forestdale	Sagamore
1-unit, detached	94.8%	84.8%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	4.3%
2 to 4 units	2.5%	0.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Forestdale	Sagamore
Poverty rate	3.9%	1.8%
Average household size	2.58	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	30	27
Median year structure built	1980	1979