Forestville vs Mechanicsville

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

Forestville and Mechanicsville 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 464 in Mechanicsville). Forestville has the higher median household income ($112,746 vs $63,942 in Mechanicsville). Forestville has the higher median home value ($176,800 vs $101,100 in Mechanicsville).

Population, income & housing

	Forestville	Mechanicsville
Population	471	464
Median age	41.5 yrs	45.3 yrs
Median household income	$112,746	$63,942
Median home value	$176,800	$101,100
Median gross rent	—	$914
Housing units	219	234
Homeownership rate	86.4%	75.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.1%	11.8%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Forestville	Mechanicsville
Population	466 → 471 (+1.1%)	467 → 464 (-0.6%)
Median household income	$60,588 → $112,746 (+86.1%)	$66,750 → $63,942 (-4.2%)
Median home value	$88,200 → $176,800 (+100.5%)	$86,300 → $101,100 (+17.1%)
Median gross rent	$940 → $939 (-0.1%)	$967 → $914 (-5.5%)

Forestville

Population

466471

Median household income

$60,588$112,746

Median home value

$88,200$176,800

Median gross rent

$940$939

Mechanicsville

Population

467464

Median household income

$66,750$63,942

Median home value

$86,300$101,100

Median gross rent

$967$914

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Forestville	Mechanicsville
Under 5	0.0%	6.3%
5 to 17	19.3%	9.3%
18 to 24	0.0%	6.0%
25 to 34	9.8%	19.0%
35 to 44	25.9%	9.3%
45 to 54	1.5%	13.1%
55 to 64	8.5%	14.9%
65 to 74	27.0%	13.6%
75 and over	8.1%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Forestville	Mechanicsville
White (non-Hispanic)	99.8%	95.0%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.6%
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%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	4.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Forestville	Mechanicsville
No high school diploma	5.5%	9.9%
High school graduate	28.4%	57.1%
Some college or associate's	25.0%	21.2%
Bachelor's degree	34.7%	9.3%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	2.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Forestville	Mechanicsville
Drove alone	100.0%	69.9%
Carpooled	0.0%	14.4%
Public transit	0.0%	3.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.7%
Worked from home	0.0%	8.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Forestville	Mechanicsville
1-unit, detached	81.7%	70.5%
1-unit, attached	9.1%	18.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.0%
5 to 19 units	3.7%	6.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.5%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Forestville	Mechanicsville
Poverty rate	3.8%	11.9%
Average household size	2.46	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	31	19
Median year structure built	1946	1938