Forestville vs Karns City

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

Forestville and Karns City are places in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Forestville has the higher population (280 vs 192 in Karns City). Forestville has the higher median home value ($139,600 vs $138,500 in Karns City).

Population, income & housing

	Forestville	Karns City
Population	280	192
Median age	34.5 yrs	39.2 yrs
Median household income	—	$49,250
Median home value	$139,600	$138,500
Median gross rent	$967	$917
Housing units	118	97
Homeownership rate	55.1%	57.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.7%	5.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Forestville	Karns City
Population	—	186 → 192 (+3.2%)
Median household income	—	$30,536 → $49,250 (+61.3%)
Median home value	—	$86,800 → $138,500 (+59.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$770 → $917 (+19.1%)

Forestville

Karns City

Population

186192

Median household income

$30,536$49,250

Median home value

$86,800$138,500

Median gross rent

$770$917

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Forestville	Karns City
Under 5	7.1%	12.5%
5 to 17	22.1%	17.7%
18 to 24	5.7%	5.7%
25 to 34	17.5%	11.5%
35 to 44	13.9%	10.4%
45 to 54	12.5%	8.3%
55 to 64	7.9%	10.9%
65 to 74	8.9%	5.2%
75 and over	4.3%	17.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Forestville	Karns City
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	97.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
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	0.0%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Forestville	Karns City
No high school diploma	15.9%	4.1%
High school graduate	45.6%	81.3%
Some college or associate's	19.8%	8.9%
Bachelor's degree	8.2%	3.3%
Graduate or professional degree	10.4%	2.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Forestville	Karns City
Drove alone	86.3%	71.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	8.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	12.2%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	4.1%
Other means	1.5%	14.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Forestville	Karns City
1-unit, detached	83.9%	73.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	10.3%
2 to 4 units	2.5%	12.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.6%	4.1%

Poverty & households

	Forestville	Karns City
Poverty rate	35.7%	20.3%
Average household size	2.62	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	20	25
Median year structure built	1938	1946