Forestville vs West Sunbury

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

Forestville and West Sunbury 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 204 in West Sunbury). West Sunbury has the higher median home value ($144,600 vs $139,600 in Forestville).

Population, income & housing

	Forestville	West Sunbury
Population	280	204
Median age	34.5 yrs	28.0 yrs
Median household income	—	$45,865
Median home value	$139,600	$144,600
Median gross rent	$967	$945
Housing units	118	91
Homeownership rate	55.1%	52.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.7%	20.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Forestville	West Sunbury
Population	—	186 → 204 (+9.7%)
Median household income	—	$46,250 → $45,865 (-0.8%)
Median home value	—	$122,900 → $144,600 (+17.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$850 → $945 (+11.2%)

Forestville

West Sunbury

Population

186204

Median household income

$46,250$45,865

Median home value

$122,900$144,600

Median gross rent

$850$945

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Forestville	West Sunbury
Under 5	7.1%	9.3%
5 to 17	22.1%	26.0%
18 to 24	5.7%	5.9%
25 to 34	17.5%	17.2%
35 to 44	13.9%	7.8%
45 to 54	12.5%	5.4%
55 to 64	7.9%	16.7%
65 to 74	8.9%	6.9%
75 and over	4.3%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Forestville	West Sunbury
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	97.1%
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%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Forestville	West Sunbury
No high school diploma	15.9%	1.7%
High school graduate	45.6%	47.5%
Some college or associate's	19.8%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	8.2%	18.3%
Graduate or professional degree	10.4%	1.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Forestville	West Sunbury
Drove alone	86.3%	56.1%
Carpooled	0.0%	11.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	12.2%	3.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	29.0%
Other means	1.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Forestville	West Sunbury
1-unit, detached	83.9%	83.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	2.5%	8.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.6%	5.5%

Poverty & households

	Forestville	West Sunbury
Poverty rate	35.7%	4.4%
Average household size	2.62	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	20	27
Median year structure built	1938	1938