Forest Home vs South Lansing

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

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

South Lansing has the higher population (1,233 vs 1,164 in Forest Home). South Lansing has the higher median household income ($162,846 vs $59,107 in Forest Home). Forest Home has the higher median home value ($496,900 vs $361,000 in South Lansing).

Population, income & housing

	Forest Home	South Lansing
Population	1,164	1,233
Median age	29.4 yrs	40.0 yrs
Median household income	$59,107	$162,846
Median home value	$496,900	$361,000
Median gross rent	$1,378	$1,363
Housing units	453	404
Homeownership rate	35.5%	59.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	95.0%	48.5%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	8.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Forest Home	South Lansing
Population	601 → 1,164 (+93.7%)	944 → 1,233 (+30.6%)
Median household income	$57,750 → $59,107 (+2.3%)	$85,385 → $162,846 (+90.7%)
Median home value	$334,400 → $496,900 (+48.6%)	$289,500 → $361,000 (+24.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,172 → $1,378 (+17.6%)	$862 → $1,363 (+58.1%)

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

South Lansing

Population

9441,233

Median household income

$85,385$162,846

Median home value

$289,500$361,000

Median gross rent

$862$1,363

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Forest Home	South Lansing
Under 5	11.9%	5.2%
5 to 17	10.9%	11.2%
18 to 24	7.8%	24.4%
25 to 34	40.6%	9.2%
35 to 44	8.4%	4.7%
45 to 54	4.0%	18.4%
55 to 64	8.0%	11.1%
65 to 74	7.3%	10.7%
75 and over	1.0%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Forest Home	South Lansing
White (non-Hispanic)	30.8%	91.9%
Black or African American	11.9%	4.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	44.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.4%
Some other race	1.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.4%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	7.4%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Forest Home	South Lansing
No high school diploma	0.2%	0.0%
High school graduate	0.6%	10.3%
Some college or associate's	4.1%	41.2%
Bachelor's degree	34.0%	30.7%
Graduate or professional degree	61.0%	17.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Forest Home	South Lansing
Drove alone	22.9%	87.0%
Carpooled	3.3%	3.9%
Public transit	23.3%	0.0%
Walked	28.0%	0.9%
Bicycle	3.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.4%	8.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Forest Home	South Lansing
1-unit, detached	42.6%	56.2%
1-unit, attached	9.9%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	16.8%	28.7%
5 to 19 units	18.1%	1.2%
20 or more units	12.6%	10.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Forest Home	South Lansing
Poverty rate	6.7%	10.1%
Average household size	2.29	2.94
Mean commute (minutes)	20	17
Median year structure built	1974	1987