Forestville vs Lavelle

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

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

Forestville has the higher population (471 vs 437 in Lavelle). Forestville has the higher median household income ($112,746 vs $52,557 in Lavelle). Forestville has the higher median home value ($176,800 vs $115,400 in Lavelle).

Population, income & housing

	Forestville	Lavelle
Population	471	437
Median age	41.5 yrs	46.3 yrs
Median household income	$112,746	$52,557
Median home value	$176,800	$115,400
Housing units	219	195
Homeownership rate	86.4%	77.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.1%	3.7%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Forestville	Lavelle
Population	466 → 471 (+1.1%)	490 → 437 (-10.8%)
Median household income	$60,588 → $112,746 (+86.1%)	$31,607 → $52,557 (+66.3%)
Median home value	$88,200 → $176,800 (+100.5%)	$100,300 → $115,400 (+15.1%)
Median gross rent	$940 → $939 (-0.1%)	—

Forestville

Population

466471

Median household income

$60,588$112,746

Median home value

$88,200$176,800

Median gross rent

$940$939

Lavelle

Population

490437

Median household income

$31,607$52,557

Median home value

$100,300$115,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Forestville	Lavelle
Under 5	0.0%	13.5%
5 to 17	19.3%	7.3%
18 to 24	0.0%	10.8%
25 to 34	9.8%	2.5%
35 to 44	25.9%	12.8%
45 to 54	1.5%	9.6%
55 to 64	8.5%	13.3%
65 to 74	27.0%	16.0%
75 and over	8.1%	14.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Forestville	Lavelle
White (non-Hispanic)	99.8%	97.5%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.0%
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%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Forestville	Lavelle
No high school diploma	5.5%	37.1%
High school graduate	28.4%	34.8%
Some college or associate's	25.0%	24.4%
Bachelor's degree	34.7%	3.7%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Forestville	Lavelle
Drove alone	100.0%	75.2%
Carpooled	0.0%	4.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	20.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Forestville	Lavelle
1-unit, detached	81.7%	74.9%
1-unit, attached	9.1%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.5%	23.6%

Poverty & households

	Forestville	Lavelle
Poverty rate	3.8%	20.6%
Average household size	2.46	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	31	22
Median year structure built	1946	1938