Forty Fort vs Freeland

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

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

Forty Fort has the higher population (4,235 vs 3,830 in Freeland). Forty Fort has the higher median household income ($74,966 vs $51,810 in Freeland). Forty Fort has the higher median home value ($163,400 vs $97,100 in Freeland).

Population, income & housing

	Forty Fort	Freeland
Population	4,235	3,830
Median age	39.7 yrs	38.3 yrs
Median household income	$74,966	$51,810
Median home value	$163,400	$97,100
Median gross rent	$991	$904
Housing units	1,908	1,863
Homeownership rate	65.0%	51.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.0%	20.4%
Unemployment rate	9.1%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Forty Fort	Freeland
Population	4,069 → 4,235 (+4.1%)	3,440 → 3,830 (+11.3%)
Median household income	$70,370 → $74,966 (+6.5%)	$37,973 → $51,810 (+36.4%)
Median home value	$124,100 → $163,400 (+31.7%)	$85,700 → $97,100 (+13.3%)
Median gross rent	$791 → $991 (+25.3%)	$682 → $904 (+32.6%)

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

Freeland

Population

3,4403,830

Median household income

$37,973$51,810

Median home value

$85,700$97,100

Median gross rent

$682$904

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Forty Fort	Freeland
Under 5	4.7%	7.7%
5 to 17	13.0%	15.7%
18 to 24	8.3%	7.4%
25 to 34	18.0%	16.7%
35 to 44	17.7%	12.0%
45 to 54	7.4%	8.9%
55 to 64	13.3%	14.2%
65 to 74	10.2%	12.5%
75 and over	7.5%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Forty Fort	Freeland
White (non-Hispanic)	85.9%	80.2%
Black or African American	1.3%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	10.6%	16.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Forty Fort	Freeland
No high school diploma	3.4%	8.4%
High school graduate	24.2%	42.9%
Some college or associate's	44.4%	28.3%
Bachelor's degree	14.6%	14.4%
Graduate or professional degree	13.4%	6.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Forty Fort	Freeland
Drove alone	79.5%	72.7%
Carpooled	9.9%	20.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.1%	4.9%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Forty Fort	Freeland
1-unit, detached	62.6%	42.5%
1-unit, attached	10.2%	36.7%
2 to 4 units	25.3%	8.0%
5 to 19 units	1.9%	8.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Forty Fort	Freeland
Poverty rate	12.3%	21.1%
Average household size	2.41	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	20	24
Median year structure built	1941	1938