Edwardsville vs Forty Fort

A side-by-side comparison of Edwardsville and Forty Fort: population, income, housing, and more.

Edwardsville and Forty Fort are places in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Edwardsville has the higher population (4,917 vs 4,235 in Forty Fort). Forty Fort has the higher median household income ($74,966 vs $50,046 in Edwardsville). Forty Fort has the higher median home value ($163,400 vs $114,200 in Edwardsville).

Population, income & housing

	Edwardsville	Forty Fort
Population	4,917	4,235
Median age	37.9 yrs	39.7 yrs
Median household income	$50,046	$74,966
Median home value	$114,200	$163,400
Median gross rent	$875	$991
Housing units	2,228	1,908
Homeownership rate	47.0%	65.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.3%	28.0%
Unemployment rate	10.5%	9.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Edwardsville	Forty Fort
Population	4,742 → 4,917 (+3.7%)	4,069 → 4,235 (+4.1%)
Median household income	$38,950 → $50,046 (+28.5%)	$70,370 → $74,966 (+6.5%)
Median home value	$91,500 → $114,200 (+24.8%)	$124,100 → $163,400 (+31.7%)
Median gross rent	$737 → $875 (+18.7%)	$791 → $991 (+25.3%)

Edwardsville

Population

4,7424,917

Median household income

$38,950$50,046

Median home value

$91,500$114,200

Median gross rent

$737$875

Forty Fort

Population

4,0694,235

Median household income

$70,370$74,966

Median home value

$124,100$163,400

Median gross rent

$791$991

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Edwardsville	Forty Fort
Under 5	8.6%	4.7%
5 to 17	19.6%	13.0%
18 to 24	8.4%	8.3%
25 to 34	11.3%	18.0%
35 to 44	9.9%	17.7%
45 to 54	12.8%	7.4%
55 to 64	15.0%	13.3%
65 to 74	6.5%	10.2%
75 and over	7.8%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Edwardsville	Forty Fort
White (non-Hispanic)	67.5%	85.9%
Black or African American	10.7%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.4%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.2%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	15.5%	10.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Edwardsville	Forty Fort
No high school diploma	4.3%	3.4%
High school graduate	53.4%	24.2%
Some college or associate's	26.0%	44.4%
Bachelor's degree	12.1%	14.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	13.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Edwardsville	Forty Fort
Drove alone	83.4%	79.5%
Carpooled	9.4%	9.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.0%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.1%	8.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Edwardsville	Forty Fort
1-unit, detached	44.6%	62.6%
1-unit, attached	19.1%	10.2%
2 to 4 units	18.3%	25.3%
5 to 19 units	14.3%	1.9%
20 or more units	3.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Edwardsville	Forty Fort
Poverty rate	24.0%	12.3%
Average household size	2.52	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	21	20
Median year structure built	1956	1941