Forest City vs Susquehanna Depot

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

Forest City and Susquehanna Depot 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 1,312 in Susquehanna Depot). Forest City has the higher median household income ($58,125 vs $57,560 in Susquehanna Depot). Forest City has the higher median home value ($138,500 vs $84,200 in Susquehanna Depot).

Population, income & housing

	Forest City	Susquehanna Depot
Population	1,700	1,312
Median age	45.9 yrs	42.2 yrs
Median household income	$58,125	$57,560
Median home value	$138,500	$84,200
Median gross rent	$877	$633
Housing units	924	675
Homeownership rate	61.1%	71.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.1%	18.1%
Unemployment rate	10.8%	6.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Forest City	Susquehanna Depot
Population	1,891 → 1,700 (-10.1%)	1,562 → 1,312 (-16.0%)
Median household income	$45,388 → $58,125 (+28.1%)	$36,058 → $57,560 (+59.6%)
Median home value	$103,100 → $138,500 (+34.3%)	$76,800 → $84,200 (+9.6%)
Median gross rent	$641 → $877 (+36.8%)	$752 → $633 (-15.8%)

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

Susquehanna Depot

Population

1,5621,312

Median household income

$36,058$57,560

Median home value

$76,800$84,200

Median gross rent

$752$633

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Forest City	Susquehanna Depot
Under 5	5.1%	2.5%
5 to 17	14.2%	18.1%
18 to 24	7.7%	11.0%
25 to 34	10.5%	8.7%
35 to 44	11.9%	13.9%
45 to 54	11.6%	15.2%
55 to 64	12.5%	13.9%
65 to 74	10.6%	13.0%
75 and over	16.1%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Forest City	Susquehanna Depot
White (non-Hispanic)	88.6%	97.6%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.7%
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	Susquehanna Depot
No high school diploma	7.6%	9.6%
High school graduate	46.4%	42.8%
Some college or associate's	30.0%	29.5%
Bachelor's degree	13.9%	10.9%
Graduate or professional degree	2.2%	7.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Forest City	Susquehanna Depot
Drove alone	69.9%	76.6%
Carpooled	7.2%	11.7%
Public transit	0.0%	2.0%
Walked	5.4%	3.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.6%	5.9%
Other means	2.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Forest City	Susquehanna Depot
1-unit, detached	68.3%	62.7%
1-unit, attached	3.9%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	15.0%	21.9%
5 to 19 units	3.5%	10.1%
20 or more units	6.6%	2.1%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	2.7%

Poverty & households

	Forest City	Susquehanna Depot
Poverty rate	19.9%	18.4%
Average household size	2.16	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	25	25
Median year structure built	1951	1938