Forest City vs Lanesboro

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

Forest City and Lanesboro 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 628 in Lanesboro). Forest City has the higher median household income ($58,125 vs $33,194 in Lanesboro). Forest City has the higher median home value ($138,500 vs $113,500 in Lanesboro).

Population, income & housing

	Forest City	Lanesboro
Population	1,700	628
Median age	45.9 yrs	35.7 yrs
Median household income	$58,125	$33,194
Median home value	$138,500	$113,500
Median gross rent	$877	$950
Housing units	924	255
Homeownership rate	61.1%	53.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.1%	6.6%
Unemployment rate	10.8%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Forest City	Lanesboro
Population	1,891 → 1,700 (-10.1%)	418 → 628 (+50.2%)
Median household income	$45,388 → $58,125 (+28.1%)	$42,500 → $33,194 (-21.9%)
Median home value	$103,100 → $138,500 (+34.3%)	$86,000 → $113,500 (+32.0%)
Median gross rent	$641 → $877 (+36.8%)	$504 → $950 (+88.5%)

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

Lanesboro

Population

418628

Median household income

$42,500$33,194

Median home value

$86,000$113,500

Median gross rent

$504$950

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Forest City	Lanesboro
Under 5	5.1%	11.9%
5 to 17	14.2%	15.1%
18 to 24	7.7%	5.4%
25 to 34	10.5%	17.2%
35 to 44	11.9%	8.8%
45 to 54	11.6%	8.4%
55 to 64	12.5%	7.2%
65 to 74	10.6%	13.4%
75 and over	16.1%	12.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Forest City	Lanesboro
White (non-Hispanic)	88.6%	98.4%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	7.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Forest City	Lanesboro
No high school diploma	7.6%	5.7%
High school graduate	46.4%	73.3%
Some college or associate's	30.0%	14.4%
Bachelor's degree	13.9%	4.5%
Graduate or professional degree	2.2%	2.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Forest City	Lanesboro
Drove alone	69.9%	58.0%
Carpooled	7.2%	33.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.4%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.6%	5.7%
Other means	2.9%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Forest City	Lanesboro
1-unit, detached	68.3%	71.8%
1-unit, attached	3.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	15.0%	9.4%
5 to 19 units	3.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	6.6%	14.5%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	4.3%

Poverty & households

	Forest City	Lanesboro
Poverty rate	19.9%	15.0%
Average household size	2.16	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	25	23
Median year structure built	1951	1956