Forest City vs Montrose

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

Forest City and Montrose 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 1,427 in Montrose). Forest City has the higher median household income ($58,125 vs $56,484 in Montrose). Montrose has the higher median home value ($160,000 vs $138,500 in Forest City).

Population, income & housing

	Forest City	Montrose
Population	1,700	1,427
Median age	45.9 yrs	42.9 yrs
Median household income	$58,125	$56,484
Median home value	$138,500	$160,000
Median gross rent	$877	$854
Housing units	924	748
Homeownership rate	61.1%	57.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.1%	21.6%
Unemployment rate	10.8%	7.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Forest City	Montrose
Population	1,891 → 1,700 (-10.1%)	1,517 → 1,427 (-5.9%)
Median household income	$45,388 → $58,125 (+28.1%)	$41,823 → $56,484 (+35.1%)
Median home value	$103,100 → $138,500 (+34.3%)	$140,600 → $160,000 (+13.8%)
Median gross rent	$641 → $877 (+36.8%)	$625 → $854 (+36.6%)

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

Montrose

Population

1,5171,427

Median household income

$41,823$56,484

Median home value

$140,600$160,000

Median gross rent

$625$854

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Forest City	Montrose
Under 5	5.1%	3.6%
5 to 17	14.2%	16.0%
18 to 24	7.7%	7.6%
25 to 34	10.5%	14.1%
35 to 44	11.9%	11.8%
45 to 54	11.6%	7.4%
55 to 64	12.5%	17.0%
65 to 74	10.6%	11.8%
75 and over	16.1%	10.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Forest City	Montrose
White (non-Hispanic)	88.6%	93.6%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.7%
Two or more races	3.1%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	7.8%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Forest City	Montrose
No high school diploma	7.6%	14.0%
High school graduate	46.4%	44.8%
Some college or associate's	30.0%	19.7%
Bachelor's degree	13.9%	11.8%
Graduate or professional degree	2.2%	9.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Forest City	Montrose
Drove alone	69.9%	73.2%
Carpooled	7.2%	3.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	5.4%	10.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	14.6%	12.2%
Other means	2.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Forest City	Montrose
1-unit, detached	68.3%	68.0%
1-unit, attached	3.9%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	15.0%	12.8%
5 to 19 units	3.5%	8.2%
20 or more units	6.6%	6.3%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	2.3%

Poverty & households

	Forest City	Montrose
Poverty rate	19.9%	24.0%
Average household size	2.16	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	25	20
Median year structure built	1951	1938