Forestville vs Muir

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

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

Muir has the higher population (525 vs 471 in Forestville). Forestville has the higher median household income ($112,746 vs $96,750 in Muir). Muir has the higher median home value ($205,600 vs $176,800 in Forestville).

Population, income & housing

	Forestville	Muir
Population	471	525
Median age	41.5 yrs	31.6 yrs
Median household income	$112,746	$96,750
Median home value	$176,800	$205,600
Median gross rent	—	$925
Housing units	219	192
Homeownership rate	86.4%	86.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.1%	30.6%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Forestville	Muir
Population	466 → 471 (+1.1%)	424 → 525 (+23.8%)
Median household income	$60,588 → $112,746 (+86.1%)	$67,750 → $96,750 (+42.8%)
Median home value	$88,200 → $176,800 (+100.5%)	$96,500 → $205,600 (+113.1%)
Median gross rent	$940 → $939 (-0.1%)	$944 → $925 (-2.0%)

Forestville

Population

466471

Median household income

$60,588$112,746

Median home value

$88,200$176,800

Median gross rent

$940$939

Muir

Population

424525

Median household income

$67,750$96,750

Median home value

$96,500$205,600

Median gross rent

$944$925

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Forestville	Muir
Under 5	0.0%	6.9%
5 to 17	19.3%	19.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	8.2%
25 to 34	9.8%	16.6%
35 to 44	25.9%	17.1%
45 to 54	1.5%	7.0%
55 to 64	8.5%	15.2%
65 to 74	27.0%	5.3%
75 and over	8.1%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Forestville	Muir
White (non-Hispanic)	99.8%	100.0%
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%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Forestville	Muir
No high school diploma	5.5%	10.4%
High school graduate	28.4%	43.1%
Some college or associate's	25.0%	15.9%
Bachelor's degree	34.7%	23.1%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Forestville	Muir
Drove alone	100.0%	70.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	26.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Forestville	Muir
1-unit, detached	81.7%	88.5%
1-unit, attached	9.1%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.7%
5 to 19 units	3.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.5%	4.7%

Poverty & households

	Forestville	Muir
Poverty rate	3.8%	5.7%
Average household size	2.46	3.14
Mean commute (minutes)	31	28
Median year structure built	1946	1947