Forestville vs Sunset Bay

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

Forestville and Sunset Bay 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 392 in Sunset Bay). Sunset Bay has the higher median home value ($215,400 vs $95,400 in Forestville). Since 2019, Forestville's population has grown faster (-11.0% vs -33.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Forestville	Sunset Bay
Population	625	392
Median age	32.8 yrs	65.1 yrs
Median home value	$95,400	$215,400
Median gross rent	$1,059	—
Housing units	311	355
Homeownership rate	57.8%	89.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.0%	17.6%
Unemployment rate	12.5%	16.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Forestville	Sunset Bay
Population	702 → 625 (-11.0%)	592 → 392 (-33.8%)
Median household income	$54,028 → $37,917 (-29.8%)	$68,281 → $64,500 (-5.5%)
Median home value	$83,900 → $95,400 (+13.7%)	$99,500 → $215,400 (+116.5%)
Median gross rent	$691 → $1,059 (+53.3%)	—

Forestville

Population

702625

Median household income

$54,028$37,917

Median home value

$83,900$95,400

Median gross rent

$691$1,059

Sunset Bay

Population

592392

Median household income

$68,281$64,500

Median home value

$99,500$215,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Forestville	Sunset Bay
Under 5	0.0%	3.1%
5 to 17	36.0%	5.9%
18 to 24	5.8%	2.6%
25 to 34	11.2%	6.6%
35 to 44	20.8%	6.4%
45 to 54	14.2%	6.1%
55 to 64	4.8%	18.9%
65 to 74	3.2%	27.3%
75 and over	4.0%	23.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Forestville	Sunset Bay
White (non-Hispanic)	96.8%	88.3%
Black or African American	1.0%	8.4%
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	2.2%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Forestville	Sunset Bay
No high school diploma	5.2%	26.2%
High school graduate	39.6%	38.6%
Some college or associate's	52.2%	17.6%
Bachelor's degree	3.0%	11.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	6.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Forestville	Sunset Bay
Drove alone	100.0%	27.9%
Carpooled	0.0%	14.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	31.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	26.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Forestville	Sunset Bay
1-unit, detached	75.6%	86.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	7.3%
2 to 4 units	12.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.6%	5.9%

Poverty & households

	Forestville	Sunset Bay
Poverty rate	11.5%	35.2%
Average household size	2.20	2.12
Mean commute (minutes)	25	—
Median year structure built	1938	1958