Forestville vs Lake Arthur Estates

A side-by-side comparison of Forestville and Lake Arthur Estates: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lake Arthur Estates has the higher population (450 vs 280 in Forestville). Forestville has the higher median home value ($139,600 vs $20,900 in Lake Arthur Estates).

Population, income & housing

	Forestville	Lake Arthur Estates
Population	280	450
Median age	34.5 yrs	39.9 yrs
Median household income	—	$44,464
Median home value	$139,600	$20,900
Median gross rent	$967	—
Housing units	118	249
Homeownership rate	55.1%	95.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.7%	19.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Forestville	Lake Arthur Estates
Population	—	647 → 450 (-30.4%)
Median household income	—	$34,250 → $44,464 (+29.8%)
Median home value	—	$9,999 → $20,900 (+109.0%)

Forestville

Lake Arthur Estates

Population

647450

Median household income

$34,250$44,464

Median home value

$9,999$20,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Forestville	Lake Arthur Estates
Under 5	7.1%	4.2%
5 to 17	22.1%	16.0%
18 to 24	5.7%	5.1%
25 to 34	17.5%	11.8%
35 to 44	13.9%	20.9%
45 to 54	12.5%	8.2%
55 to 64	7.9%	20.4%
65 to 74	8.9%	8.2%
75 and over	4.3%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Forestville	Lake Arthur Estates
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	92.4%
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%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	5.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Forestville	Lake Arthur Estates
No high school diploma	15.9%	1.5%
High school graduate	45.6%	45.5%
Some college or associate's	19.8%	33.6%
Bachelor's degree	8.2%	13.7%
Graduate or professional degree	10.4%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Forestville	Lake Arthur Estates
Drove alone	86.3%	83.2%
Carpooled	0.0%	5.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	12.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	11.2%
Other means	1.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Forestville	Lake Arthur Estates
1-unit, detached	83.9%	9.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.6%	90.8%

Poverty & households

	Forestville	Lake Arthur Estates
Poverty rate	35.7%	5.8%
Average household size	2.62	1.91
Mean commute (minutes)	20	24
Median year structure built	1938	1988