Forestville vs West Liberty

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

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

West Liberty has the higher population (294 vs 280 in Forestville). West Liberty has the higher median home value ($269,000 vs $139,600 in Forestville).

Population, income & housing

	Forestville	West Liberty
Population	280	294
Median age	34.5 yrs	47.1 yrs
Median household income	—	$54,583
Median home value	$139,600	$269,000
Median gross rent	$967	$864
Housing units	118	135
Homeownership rate	55.1%	71.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.7%	20.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	9.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Forestville	West Liberty
Population	—	347 → 294 (-15.3%)
Median household income	—	$57,639 → $54,583 (-5.3%)
Median home value	—	$182,000 → $269,000 (+47.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$788 → $864 (+9.6%)

Forestville

West Liberty

Population

347294

Median household income

$57,639$54,583

Median home value

$182,000$269,000

Median gross rent

$788$864

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Forestville	West Liberty
Under 5	7.1%	2.4%
5 to 17	22.1%	13.6%
18 to 24	5.7%	5.8%
25 to 34	17.5%	18.0%
35 to 44	13.9%	8.5%
45 to 54	12.5%	11.2%
55 to 64	7.9%	15.0%
65 to 74	8.9%	15.3%
75 and over	4.3%	10.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Forestville	West Liberty
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	98.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.7%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Forestville	West Liberty
No high school diploma	15.9%	7.0%
High school graduate	45.6%	43.5%
Some college or associate's	19.8%	29.1%
Bachelor's degree	8.2%	9.6%
Graduate or professional degree	10.4%	10.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Forestville	West Liberty
Drove alone	86.3%	73.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	9.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	12.2%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	14.4%
Other means	1.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Forestville	West Liberty
1-unit, detached	83.9%	93.3%
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%	6.7%

Poverty & households

	Forestville	West Liberty
Poverty rate	35.7%	13.0%
Average household size	2.62	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	20	28
Median year structure built	1938	1972