Forest City vs Maitland

A side-by-side comparison of Forest City and Maitland: population, income, housing, and more.

Forest City and Maitland are places in Missouri. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Maitland has the higher population (395 vs 180 in Forest City). Maitland has the higher median household income ($47,188 vs $45,750 in Forest City). Maitland has the higher median home value ($77,100 vs $74,300 in Forest City).

Population, income & housing

	Forest City	Maitland
Population	180	395
Median age	56.4 yrs	49.3 yrs
Median household income	$45,750	$47,188
Median home value	$74,300	$77,100
Median gross rent	$392	$433
Housing units	120	216
Homeownership rate	54.8%	75.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.5%	16.7%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	8.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Forest City	Maitland
Population	263 → 180 (-31.6%)	256 → 395 (+54.3%)
Median household income	$42,833 → $45,750 (+6.8%)	$44,250 → $47,188 (+6.6%)
Median home value	$69,100 → $74,300 (+7.5%)	$47,500 → $77,100 (+62.3%)
Median gross rent	$455 → $392 (-13.8%)	$446 → $433 (-2.9%)

Forest City

Population

263180

Median household income

$42,833$45,750

Median home value

$69,100$74,300

Median gross rent

$455$392

Maitland

Population

256395

Median household income

$44,250$47,188

Median home value

$47,500$77,100

Median gross rent

$446$433

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Forest City	Maitland
Under 5	4.4%	5.3%
5 to 17	9.4%	9.1%
18 to 24	4.4%	9.9%
25 to 34	11.7%	13.9%
35 to 44	5.0%	5.8%
45 to 54	10.0%	14.4%
55 to 64	16.1%	24.1%
65 to 74	28.3%	8.9%
75 and over	10.6%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Forest City	Maitland
White (non-Hispanic)	97.2%	85.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	7.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	5.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Forest City	Maitland
No high school diploma	7.5%	19.4%
High school graduate	61.2%	38.5%
Some college or associate's	23.8%	25.4%
Bachelor's degree	5.4%	13.7%
Graduate or professional degree	2.0%	3.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Forest City	Maitland
Drove alone	86.3%	89.4%
Carpooled	11.0%	3.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	5.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.7%	2.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Forest City	Maitland
1-unit, detached	69.2%	73.1%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	15.8%	13.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	13.3%	12.5%

Poverty & households

	Forest City	Maitland
Poverty rate	15.0%	15.9%
Average household size	2.14	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	38	26
Median year structure built	1959	1957