Forest Home vs Newfield

A side-by-side comparison of Forest Home and Newfield: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Forest Home has the higher population (1,164 vs 1,112 in Newfield). Newfield has the higher median household income ($93,079 vs $59,107 in Forest Home). Forest Home has the higher median home value ($496,900 vs $152,700 in Newfield).

Population, income & housing

	Forest Home	Newfield
Population	1,164	1,112
Median age	29.4 yrs	34.6 yrs
Median household income	$59,107	$93,079
Median home value	$496,900	$152,700
Median gross rent	$1,378	—
Housing units	453	455
Homeownership rate	35.5%	93.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	95.0%	22.5%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Forest Home	Newfield
Population	601 → 1,164 (+93.7%)	772 → 1,112 (+44.0%)
Median household income	$57,750 → $59,107 (+2.3%)	$80,913 → $93,079 (+15.0%)
Median home value	$334,400 → $496,900 (+48.6%)	$112,200 → $152,700 (+36.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,172 → $1,378 (+17.6%)	—

Forest Home

Population

6011,164

Median household income

$57,750$59,107

Median home value

$334,400$496,900

Median gross rent

$1,172$1,378

Newfield

Population

7721,112

Median household income

$80,913$93,079

Median home value

$112,200$152,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Forest Home	Newfield
Under 5	11.9%	10.9%
5 to 17	10.9%	24.1%
18 to 24	7.8%	5.5%
25 to 34	40.6%	12.7%
35 to 44	8.4%	7.0%
45 to 54	4.0%	14.3%
55 to 64	8.0%	12.2%
65 to 74	7.3%	5.7%
75 and over	1.0%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Forest Home	Newfield
White (non-Hispanic)	30.8%	100.0%
Black or African American	11.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	44.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	7.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Forest Home	Newfield
No high school diploma	0.2%	0.0%
High school graduate	0.6%	51.2%
Some college or associate's	4.1%	26.3%
Bachelor's degree	34.0%	9.2%
Graduate or professional degree	61.0%	13.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Forest Home	Newfield
Drove alone	22.9%	70.7%
Carpooled	3.3%	24.6%
Public transit	23.3%	0.0%
Walked	28.0%	4.7%
Bicycle	3.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.4%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Forest Home	Newfield
1-unit, detached	42.6%	67.3%
1-unit, attached	9.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	16.8%	16.0%
5 to 19 units	18.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	12.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	16.7%

Poverty & households

	Forest Home	Newfield
Poverty rate	6.7%	10.5%
Average household size	2.29	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	20	26
Median year structure built	1974	1954