Forksville vs Laporte

A side-by-side comparison of Forksville and Laporte: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Laporte has the higher population (268 vs 142 in Forksville). Laporte has the higher median household income ($70,972 vs $52,188 in Forksville). Laporte has the higher median home value ($175,000 vs $136,500 in Forksville).

Population, income & housing

	Forksville	Laporte
Population	142	268
Median age	56.0 yrs	67.8 yrs
Median household income	$52,188	$70,972
Median home value	$136,500	$175,000
Median gross rent	$754	$950
Housing units	92	252
Homeownership rate	45.1%	87.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.3%	25.3%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Forksville	Laporte
Population	148 → 142 (-4.1%)	323 → 268 (-17.0%)
Median household income	$48,438 → $52,188 (+7.7%)	$76,250 → $70,972 (-6.9%)
Median home value	$134,700 → $136,500 (+1.3%)	$173,400 → $175,000 (+0.9%)
Median gross rent	$675 → $754 (+11.7%)	$715 → $950 (+32.9%)

Forksville

Population

148142

Median household income

$48,438$52,188

Median home value

$134,700$136,500

Median gross rent

$675$754

Laporte

Population

323268

Median household income

$76,250$70,972

Median home value

$173,400$175,000

Median gross rent

$715$950

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Forksville	Laporte
Under 5	2.1%	1.9%
5 to 17	17.6%	2.6%
18 to 24	2.8%	1.1%
25 to 34	12.7%	3.7%
35 to 44	12.0%	8.6%
45 to 54	2.8%	2.6%
55 to 64	28.2%	23.5%
65 to 74	6.3%	22.4%
75 and over	15.5%	33.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Forksville	Laporte
White (non-Hispanic)	96.5%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	3.5%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Forksville	Laporte
No high school diploma	7.3%	5.9%
High school graduate	60.0%	57.3%
Some college or associate's	15.5%	11.5%
Bachelor's degree	10.0%	15.4%
Graduate or professional degree	7.3%	9.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Forksville	Laporte
Drove alone	89.1%	87.1%
Carpooled	7.3%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.6%	12.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Forksville	Laporte
1-unit, detached	58.7%	97.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	15.2%	0.4%
5 to 19 units	10.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	15.2%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Forksville	Laporte
Poverty rate	18.3%	4.6%
Average household size	2.00	1.76
Mean commute (minutes)	26	15
Median year structure built	1938	1948