Altamont vs Forestville

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

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

Altamont has the higher population (525 vs 471 in Forestville). Forestville has the higher median household income ($112,746 vs $45,536 in Altamont). Forestville has the higher median home value ($176,800 vs $132,800 in Altamont).

Population, income & housing

	Altamont	Forestville
Population	525	471
Median age	55.3 yrs	41.5 yrs
Median household income	$45,536	$112,746
Median home value	$132,800	$176,800
Housing units	340	219
Homeownership rate	88.0%	86.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.1%	41.1%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	1.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Altamont	Forestville
Population	583 → 525 (-9.9%)	466 → 471 (+1.1%)
Median household income	$59,028 → $45,536 (-22.9%)	$60,588 → $112,746 (+86.1%)
Median home value	$79,200 → $132,800 (+67.7%)	$88,200 → $176,800 (+100.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$940 → $939 (-0.1%)

Altamont

Population

583525

Median household income

$59,028$45,536

Median home value

$79,200$132,800

Forestville

Population

466471

Median household income

$60,588$112,746

Median home value

$88,200$176,800

Median gross rent

$940$939

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Altamont	Forestville
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	10.3%	19.3%
18 to 24	2.7%	0.0%
25 to 34	9.1%	9.8%
35 to 44	13.5%	25.9%
45 to 54	13.5%	1.5%
55 to 64	18.9%	8.5%
65 to 74	15.8%	27.0%
75 and over	16.2%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Altamont	Forestville
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	99.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.2%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Altamont	Forestville
No high school diploma	4.2%	5.5%
High school graduate	48.6%	28.4%
Some college or associate's	27.1%	25.0%
Bachelor's degree	16.2%	34.7%
Graduate or professional degree	3.9%	6.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Altamont	Forestville
Drove alone	97.0%	100.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Altamont	Forestville
1-unit, detached	75.6%	81.7%
1-unit, attached	15.9%	9.1%
2 to 4 units	8.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	5.5%

Poverty & households

	Altamont	Forestville
Poverty rate	17.3%	3.8%
Average household size	1.83	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	26	31
Median year structure built	1950	1946