Applegate vs Forestville

A side-by-side comparison of Applegate and Forestville: population, income, housing, and more.

Applegate and Forestville are places in Michigan. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Applegate has the higher population (251 vs 142 in Forestville). Applegate has the higher median household income ($62,667 vs $41,250 in Forestville). Forestville has the higher median home value ($134,400 vs $93,800 in Applegate).

Population, income & housing

	Applegate	Forestville
Population	251	142
Median age	41.8 yrs	62.8 yrs
Median household income	$62,667	$41,250
Median home value	$93,800	$134,400
Median gross rent	$1,063	—
Housing units	115	141
Homeownership rate	85.5%	76.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.4%	13.3%
Unemployment rate	7.9%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Applegate	Forestville
Population	265 → 251 (-5.3%)	106 → 142 (+34.0%)
Median household income	$45,750 → $62,667 (+37.0%)	$42,500 → $41,250 (-2.9%)
Median home value	$69,000 → $93,800 (+35.9%)	$77,100 → $134,400 (+74.3%)
Median gross rent	$975 → $1,063 (+9.0%)	—

Applegate

Population

265251

Median household income

$45,750$62,667

Median home value

$69,000$93,800

Median gross rent

$975$1,063

Forestville

Population

106142

Median household income

$42,500$41,250

Median home value

$77,100$134,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Applegate	Forestville
Under 5	9.2%	0.0%
5 to 17	13.9%	11.3%
18 to 24	3.2%	4.2%
25 to 34	18.3%	0.0%
35 to 44	6.4%	9.2%
45 to 54	15.9%	4.2%
55 to 64	14.7%	29.6%
65 to 74	12.7%	31.7%
75 and over	5.6%	9.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Applegate	Forestville
White (non-Hispanic)	96.8%	89.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	10.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Applegate	Forestville
No high school diploma	9.7%	5.8%
High school graduate	38.9%	43.3%
Some college or associate's	38.9%	37.5%
Bachelor's degree	8.1%	11.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	1.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Applegate	Forestville
Drove alone	75.7%	82.9%
Carpooled	13.0%	2.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	5.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.3%	8.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Applegate	Forestville
1-unit, detached	96.5%	96.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.5%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Applegate	Forestville
Poverty rate	14.7%	23.9%
Average household size	2.28	2.00
Mean commute (minutes)	37	30
Median year structure built	1957	1955