Forty Fort vs West Pittston

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

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

West Pittston has the higher population (4,645 vs 4,235 in Forty Fort). Forty Fort has the higher median household income ($74,966 vs $62,431 in West Pittston). Forty Fort has the higher median home value ($163,400 vs $163,200 in West Pittston).

Population, income & housing

	Forty Fort	West Pittston
Population	4,235	4,645
Median age	39.7 yrs	41.1 yrs
Median household income	$74,966	$62,431
Median home value	$163,400	$163,200
Median gross rent	$991	$846
Housing units	1,908	2,274
Homeownership rate	65.0%	55.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.0%	34.4%
Unemployment rate	9.1%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Forty Fort	West Pittston
Population	4,069 → 4,235 (+4.1%)	4,786 → 4,645 (-2.9%)
Median household income	$70,370 → $74,966 (+6.5%)	$53,443 → $62,431 (+16.8%)
Median home value	$124,100 → $163,400 (+31.7%)	$121,600 → $163,200 (+34.2%)
Median gross rent	$791 → $991 (+25.3%)	$728 → $846 (+16.2%)

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

West Pittston

Population

4,7864,645

Median household income

$53,443$62,431

Median home value

$121,600$163,200

Median gross rent

$728$846

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Forty Fort	West Pittston
Under 5	4.7%	7.2%
5 to 17	13.0%	12.9%
18 to 24	8.3%	8.8%
25 to 34	18.0%	13.9%
35 to 44	17.7%	16.0%
45 to 54	7.4%	12.6%
55 to 64	13.3%	9.5%
65 to 74	10.2%	12.7%
75 and over	7.5%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Forty Fort	West Pittston
White (non-Hispanic)	85.9%	92.2%
Black or African American	1.3%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.2%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	10.6%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Forty Fort	West Pittston
No high school diploma	3.4%	1.7%
High school graduate	24.2%	31.2%
Some college or associate's	44.4%	32.7%
Bachelor's degree	14.6%	19.2%
Graduate or professional degree	13.4%	15.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Forty Fort	West Pittston
Drove alone	79.5%	76.7%
Carpooled	9.9%	12.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.1%	7.7%
Other means	0.7%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Forty Fort	West Pittston
1-unit, detached	62.6%	59.5%
1-unit, attached	10.2%	18.6%
2 to 4 units	25.3%	14.6%
5 to 19 units	1.9%	0.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Forty Fort	West Pittston
Poverty rate	12.3%	13.5%
Average household size	2.41	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	20	17
Median year structure built	1941	1938