Forestville vs Minden City

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

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

Minden City has the higher population (182 vs 142 in Forestville). Minden City has the higher median household income ($52,500 vs $41,250 in Forestville). Forestville has the higher median home value ($134,400 vs $88,600 in Minden City).

Population, income & housing

	Forestville	Minden City
Population	142	182
Median age	62.8 yrs	45.3 yrs
Median household income	$41,250	$52,500
Median home value	$134,400	$88,600
Median gross rent	—	$840
Housing units	141	103
Homeownership rate	76.1%	81.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.3%	8.9%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	7.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Forestville	Minden City
Population	106 → 142 (+34.0%)	150 → 182 (+21.3%)
Median household income	$42,500 → $41,250 (-2.9%)	$39,219 → $52,500 (+33.9%)
Median home value	$77,100 → $134,400 (+74.3%)	$67,300 → $88,600 (+31.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$600 → $840 (+40.0%)

Forestville

Population

106142

Median household income

$42,500$41,250

Median home value

$77,100$134,400

Minden City

Population

150182

Median household income

$39,219$52,500

Median home value

$67,300$88,600

Median gross rent

$600$840

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Forestville	Minden City
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	11.3%	18.7%
18 to 24	4.2%	7.1%
25 to 34	0.0%	15.9%
35 to 44	9.2%	7.7%
45 to 54	4.2%	13.2%
55 to 64	29.6%	22.0%
65 to 74	31.7%	12.1%
75 and over	9.9%	3.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Forestville	Minden City
White (non-Hispanic)	89.4%	97.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	10.6%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Forestville	Minden City
No high school diploma	5.8%	5.2%
High school graduate	43.3%	60.7%
Some college or associate's	37.5%	25.2%
Bachelor's degree	11.7%	8.1%
Graduate or professional degree	1.7%	0.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Forestville	Minden City
Drove alone	82.9%	87.0%
Carpooled	2.9%	2.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.6%	10.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Forestville	Minden City
1-unit, detached	96.5%	93.2%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Forestville	Minden City
Poverty rate	23.9%	21.4%
Average household size	2.00	2.07
Mean commute (minutes)	30	38
Median year structure built	1955	1944