Forest vs Stewartsville

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

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

Forest has the higher population (12,476 vs 434 in Stewartsville). Stewartsville has the higher median household income ($91,759 vs $78,825 in Forest). Since 2019, Forest's population has grown faster (+15.1% vs -4.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Forest	Stewartsville
Population	12,476	434
Median age	42.1 yrs	50.4 yrs
Median household income	$78,825	$91,759
Median home value	$319,100	—
Median gross rent	$1,112	—
Housing units	5,193	291
Homeownership rate	75.0%	78.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	48.4%	36.8%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Forest	Stewartsville
Population	10,836 → 12,476 (+15.1%)	452 → 434 (-4.0%)
Median household income	$76,367 → $78,825 (+3.2%)	$71,964 → $91,759 (+27.5%)
Median home value	$234,500 → $319,100 (+36.1%)	$89,200 → $155,400 (+74.2%)
Median gross rent	$988 → $1,112 (+12.6%)	—

Forest

Population

10,83612,476

Median household income

$76,367$78,825

Median home value

$234,500$319,100

Median gross rent

$988$1,112

Stewartsville

Population

452434

Median household income

$71,964$91,759

Median home value

$89,200$155,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Forest	Stewartsville
Under 5	5.3%	0.0%
5 to 17	14.2%	17.3%
18 to 24	10.4%	0.0%
25 to 34	12.0%	21.7%
35 to 44	10.6%	10.4%
45 to 54	11.6%	1.6%
55 to 64	14.8%	25.8%
65 to 74	10.6%	18.2%
75 and over	10.5%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Forest	Stewartsville
White (non-Hispanic)	76.9%	95.9%
Black or African American	9.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.5%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	3.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Forest	Stewartsville
No high school diploma	4.7%	1.9%
High school graduate	17.4%	32.6%
Some college or associate's	29.4%	28.7%
Bachelor's degree	26.2%	36.8%
Graduate or professional degree	22.3%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Forest	Stewartsville
Drove alone	77.1%	84.6%
Carpooled	5.2%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.0%	15.4%
Other means	0.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Forest	Stewartsville
1-unit, detached	56.8%	86.6%
1-unit, attached	15.6%	8.2%
2 to 4 units	6.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	12.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	7.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.6%	5.2%

Poverty & households

	Forest	Stewartsville
Poverty rate	7.5%	19.1%
Average household size	2.44	1.78
Mean commute (minutes)	22	24
Median year structure built	1991	1950