Forestville vs Sheppton

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

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

Sheppton has the higher population (498 vs 471 in Forestville). Forestville has the higher median household income ($112,746 vs $57,778 in Sheppton). Forestville has the higher median home value ($176,800 vs $105,800 in Sheppton).

Population, income & housing

	Forestville	Sheppton
Population	471	498
Median age	41.5 yrs	38.8 yrs
Median household income	$112,746	$57,778
Median home value	$176,800	$105,800
Housing units	219	176
Homeownership rate	86.4%	86.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.1%	38.4%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Forestville	Sheppton
Population	466 → 471 (+1.1%)	222 → 498 (+124.3%)
Median household income	$60,588 → $112,746 (+86.1%)	$41,389 → $57,778 (+39.6%)
Median home value	$88,200 → $176,800 (+100.5%)	$93,000 → $105,800 (+13.8%)
Median gross rent	$940 → $939 (-0.1%)	$705 → $735 (+4.3%)

Forestville

Population

466471

Median household income

$60,588$112,746

Median home value

$88,200$176,800

Median gross rent

$940$939

Sheppton

Population

222498

Median household income

$41,389$57,778

Median home value

$93,000$105,800

Median gross rent

$705$735

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Forestville	Sheppton
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	19.3%	36.1%
18 to 24	0.0%	3.2%
25 to 34	9.8%	7.2%
35 to 44	25.9%	22.1%
45 to 54	1.5%	5.4%
55 to 64	8.5%	6.6%
65 to 74	27.0%	10.6%
75 and over	8.1%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Forestville	Sheppton
White (non-Hispanic)	99.8%	92.0%
Black or African American	0.2%	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%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	7.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Forestville	Sheppton
No high school diploma	5.5%	10.6%
High school graduate	28.4%	23.2%
Some college or associate's	25.0%	27.8%
Bachelor's degree	34.7%	28.1%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	10.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Forestville	Sheppton
Drove alone	100.0%	66.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	10.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	22.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Forestville	Sheppton
1-unit, detached	81.7%	68.8%
1-unit, attached	9.1%	24.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.7%
5 to 19 units	3.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.5%	5.1%

Poverty & households

	Forestville	Sheppton
Poverty rate	3.8%	54.4%
Average household size	2.46	2.94
Mean commute (minutes)	31	26
Median year structure built	1946	1938