Forest City vs Hallstead

A side-by-side comparison of Forest City and Hallstead: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Forest City has the higher population (1,700 vs 1,223 in Hallstead). Forest City has the higher median household income ($58,125 vs $51,705 in Hallstead). Forest City has the higher median home value ($138,500 vs $116,900 in Hallstead).

Population, income & housing

	Forest City	Hallstead
Population	1,700	1,223
Median age	45.9 yrs	39.7 yrs
Median household income	$58,125	$51,705
Median home value	$138,500	$116,900
Median gross rent	$877	$749
Housing units	924	602
Homeownership rate	61.1%	64.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.1%	12.9%
Unemployment rate	10.8%	10.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Forest City	Hallstead
Population	1,891 → 1,700 (-10.1%)	1,233 → 1,223 (-0.8%)
Median household income	$45,388 → $58,125 (+28.1%)	$39,712 → $51,705 (+30.2%)
Median home value	$103,100 → $138,500 (+34.3%)	$95,600 → $116,900 (+22.3%)
Median gross rent	$641 → $877 (+36.8%)	$642 → $749 (+16.7%)

Forest City

Population

1,8911,700

Median household income

$45,388$58,125

Median home value

$103,100$138,500

Median gross rent

$641$877

Hallstead

Population

1,2331,223

Median household income

$39,712$51,705

Median home value

$95,600$116,900

Median gross rent

$642$749

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Forest City	Hallstead
Under 5	5.1%	8.3%
5 to 17	14.2%	14.7%
18 to 24	7.7%	7.4%
25 to 34	10.5%	14.3%
35 to 44	11.9%	10.6%
45 to 54	11.6%	12.2%
55 to 64	12.5%	13.7%
65 to 74	10.6%	10.5%
75 and over	16.1%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Forest City	Hallstead
White (non-Hispanic)	88.6%	88.7%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.1%	6.1%
Hispanic or Latino	7.8%	3.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Forest City	Hallstead
No high school diploma	7.6%	13.1%
High school graduate	46.4%	50.8%
Some college or associate's	30.0%	23.1%
Bachelor's degree	13.9%	9.2%
Graduate or professional degree	2.2%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Forest City	Hallstead
Drove alone	69.9%	80.7%
Carpooled	7.2%	7.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.4%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.6%	10.3%
Other means	2.9%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Forest City	Hallstead
1-unit, detached	68.3%	61.1%
1-unit, attached	3.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	15.0%	11.8%
5 to 19 units	3.5%	9.1%
20 or more units	6.6%	12.1%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	5.8%

Poverty & households

	Forest City	Hallstead
Poverty rate	19.9%	13.8%
Average household size	2.16	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	25	21
Median year structure built	1951	1944