Forestville vs Sinclairville

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

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

Forestville has the higher population (625 vs 613 in Sinclairville). Forestville has the higher median home value ($95,400 vs $89,600 in Sinclairville).

Population, income & housing

	Forestville	Sinclairville
Population	625	613
Median age	32.8 yrs	45.2 yrs
Median household income	—	$43,409
Median home value	$95,400	$89,600
Median gross rent	$1,059	$456
Housing units	311	320
Homeownership rate	57.8%	73.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.0%	19.5%
Unemployment rate	12.5%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Forestville	Sinclairville
Population	702 → 625 (-11.0%)	691 → 613 (-11.3%)
Median household income	$54,028 → $37,917 (-29.8%)	$40,536 → $43,409 (+7.1%)
Median home value	$83,900 → $95,400 (+13.7%)	$79,300 → $89,600 (+13.0%)
Median gross rent	$691 → $1,059 (+53.3%)	$400 → $456 (+14.0%)

Forestville

Population

702625

Median household income

$54,028$37,917

Median home value

$83,900$95,400

Median gross rent

$691$1,059

Sinclairville

Population

691613

Median household income

$40,536$43,409

Median home value

$79,300$89,600

Median gross rent

$400$456

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Forestville	Sinclairville
Under 5	0.0%	6.5%
5 to 17	36.0%	16.2%
18 to 24	5.8%	2.8%
25 to 34	11.2%	17.3%
35 to 44	20.8%	7.2%
45 to 54	14.2%	11.7%
55 to 64	4.8%	11.1%
65 to 74	3.2%	14.8%
75 and over	4.0%	12.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Forestville	Sinclairville
White (non-Hispanic)	96.8%	91.4%
Black or African American	1.0%	1.0%
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%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Forestville	Sinclairville
No high school diploma	5.2%	10.5%
High school graduate	39.6%	48.1%
Some college or associate's	52.2%	21.9%
Bachelor's degree	3.0%	9.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	10.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Forestville	Sinclairville
Drove alone	100.0%	82.4%
Carpooled	0.0%	14.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Forestville	Sinclairville
1-unit, detached	75.6%	61.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.8%
2 to 4 units	12.9%	17.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	8.4%
Mobile home & other	11.6%	3.4%

Poverty & households

	Forestville	Sinclairville
Poverty rate	11.5%	17.1%
Average household size	2.20	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	25	22
Median year structure built	1938	1938