Forty Fort vs Plains

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

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

Plains has the higher population (4,369 vs 4,235 in Forty Fort). Forty Fort has the higher median household income ($74,966 vs $65,417 in Plains). Forty Fort has the higher median home value ($163,400 vs $141,800 in Plains).

Population, income & housing

	Forty Fort	Plains
Population	4,235	4,369
Median age	39.7 yrs	43.4 yrs
Median household income	$74,966	$65,417
Median home value	$163,400	$141,800
Median gross rent	$991	$950
Housing units	1,908	2,034
Homeownership rate	65.0%	71.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.0%	26.7%
Unemployment rate	9.1%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Forty Fort	Plains
Population	4,069 → 4,235 (+4.1%)	3,866 → 4,369 (+13.0%)
Median household income	$70,370 → $74,966 (+6.5%)	$54,605 → $65,417 (+19.8%)
Median home value	$124,100 → $163,400 (+31.7%)	$97,000 → $141,800 (+46.2%)
Median gross rent	$791 → $991 (+25.3%)	$768 → $950 (+23.7%)

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

Plains

Population

3,8664,369

Median household income

$54,605$65,417

Median home value

$97,000$141,800

Median gross rent

$768$950

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Forty Fort	Plains
Under 5	4.7%	3.4%
5 to 17	13.0%	14.4%
18 to 24	8.3%	3.8%
25 to 34	18.0%	14.1%
35 to 44	17.7%	17.2%
45 to 54	7.4%	9.9%
55 to 64	13.3%	14.1%
65 to 74	10.2%	13.9%
75 and over	7.5%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Forty Fort	Plains
White (non-Hispanic)	85.9%	83.9%
Black or African American	1.3%	3.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	2.5%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	10.6%	7.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Forty Fort	Plains
No high school diploma	3.4%	6.2%
High school graduate	24.2%	32.2%
Some college or associate's	44.4%	34.9%
Bachelor's degree	14.6%	19.5%
Graduate or professional degree	13.4%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Forty Fort	Plains
Drove alone	79.5%	81.6%
Carpooled	9.9%	7.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.1%	8.5%
Other means	0.7%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Forty Fort	Plains
1-unit, detached	62.6%	67.8%
1-unit, attached	10.2%	17.9%
2 to 4 units	25.3%	13.1%
5 to 19 units	1.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Forty Fort	Plains
Poverty rate	12.3%	19.4%
Average household size	2.41	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	20	20
Median year structure built	1941	1943