Forestville vs Portersville

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

Forestville and Portersville 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 220 in Portersville). Portersville has the higher median home value ($185,200 vs $139,600 in Forestville).

Population, income & housing

	Forestville	Portersville
Population	280	220
Median age	34.5 yrs	49.3 yrs
Median household income	—	$65,938
Median home value	$139,600	$185,200
Median gross rent	$967	$675
Housing units	118	109
Homeownership rate	55.1%	73.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.7%	26.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Forestville	Portersville
Population	—	284 → 220 (-22.5%)
Median household income	—	$55,000 → $65,938 (+19.9%)
Median home value	—	$143,300 → $185,200 (+29.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$589 → $675 (+14.6%)

Forestville

Portersville

Population

284220

Median household income

$55,000$65,938

Median home value

$143,300$185,200

Median gross rent

$589$675

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Forestville	Portersville
Under 5	7.1%	1.8%
5 to 17	22.1%	11.8%
18 to 24	5.7%	5.9%
25 to 34	17.5%	9.5%
35 to 44	13.9%	13.6%
45 to 54	12.5%	15.0%
55 to 64	7.9%	18.6%
65 to 74	8.9%	14.1%
75 and over	4.3%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Forestville	Portersville
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	94.1%
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%	5.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Forestville	Portersville
No high school diploma	15.9%	1.7%
High school graduate	45.6%	47.5%
Some college or associate's	19.8%	24.9%
Bachelor's degree	8.2%	15.3%
Graduate or professional degree	10.4%	10.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Forestville	Portersville
Drove alone	86.3%	78.7%
Carpooled	0.0%	3.3%
Public transit	0.0%	1.6%
Walked	12.2%	4.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	12.3%
Other means	1.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Forestville	Portersville
1-unit, detached	83.9%	77.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.8%
2 to 4 units	2.5%	11.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.6%	9.2%

Poverty & households

	Forestville	Portersville
Poverty rate	35.7%	14.1%
Average household size	2.62	2.10
Mean commute (minutes)	20	24
Median year structure built	1938	1953