Forestville vs Mayville

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

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

Mayville has the higher population (1,272 vs 625 in Forestville). Mayville has the higher median home value ($156,100 vs $95,400 in Forestville). Since 2019, Forestville's population has grown faster (-11.0% vs -11.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Forestville	Mayville
Population	625	1,272
Median age	32.8 yrs	49.6 yrs
Median household income	—	$64,000
Median home value	$95,400	$156,100
Median gross rent	$1,059	$628
Housing units	311	763
Homeownership rate	57.8%	70.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.0%	31.1%
Unemployment rate	12.5%	8.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Forestville	Mayville
Population	702 → 625 (-11.0%)	1,441 → 1,272 (-11.7%)
Median household income	$54,028 → $37,917 (-29.8%)	$52,396 → $64,000 (+22.1%)
Median home value	$83,900 → $95,400 (+13.7%)	$111,900 → $156,100 (+39.5%)
Median gross rent	$691 → $1,059 (+53.3%)	$546 → $628 (+15.0%)

Forestville

Population

702625

Median household income

$54,028$37,917

Median home value

$83,900$95,400

Median gross rent

$691$1,059

Mayville

Population

1,4411,272

Median household income

$52,396$64,000

Median home value

$111,900$156,100

Median gross rent

$546$628

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Forestville	Mayville
Under 5	0.0%	3.5%
5 to 17	36.0%	10.4%
18 to 24	5.8%	9.1%
25 to 34	11.2%	8.6%
35 to 44	20.8%	12.2%
45 to 54	14.2%	15.9%
55 to 64	4.8%	15.1%
65 to 74	3.2%	12.5%
75 and over	4.0%	12.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Forestville	Mayville
White (non-Hispanic)	96.8%	85.9%
Black or African American	1.0%	3.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.2%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	6.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Forestville	Mayville
No high school diploma	5.2%	6.9%
High school graduate	39.6%	29.5%
Some college or associate's	52.2%	32.4%
Bachelor's degree	3.0%	17.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	13.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Forestville	Mayville
Drove alone	100.0%	81.4%
Carpooled	0.0%	5.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.9%
Walked	0.0%	8.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	4.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Forestville	Mayville
1-unit, detached	75.6%	77.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	12.9%	10.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.7%
Mobile home & other	11.6%	2.6%

Poverty & households

	Forestville	Mayville
Poverty rate	11.5%	12.8%
Average household size	2.20	2.01
Mean commute (minutes)	25	19
Median year structure built	1938	1953