Forestville vs Little Sturgeon

A side-by-side comparison of Forestville and Little Sturgeon: population, income, housing, and more.

Forestville and Little Sturgeon are places in Wisconsin. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Forestville has the higher population (576 vs 111 in Little Sturgeon). Forestville has the higher median household income ($78,125 vs $70,000 in Little Sturgeon). Little Sturgeon has the higher median home value ($456,300 vs $152,700 in Forestville).

Population, income & housing

	Forestville	Little Sturgeon
Population	576	111
Median age	48.8 yrs	66.8 yrs
Median household income	$78,125	$70,000
Median home value	$152,700	$456,300
Median gross rent	$676	—
Housing units	258	308
Homeownership rate	81.5%	88.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.4%	36.7%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	9.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Forestville	Little Sturgeon
Population	477 → 576 (+20.8%)	205 → 111 (-45.9%)
Median household income	$48,750 → $78,125 (+60.3%)	$52,321 → $70,000 (+33.8%)
Median home value	$119,700 → $152,700 (+27.6%)	$191,700 → $456,300 (+138.0%)
Median gross rent	$600 → $676 (+12.7%)	—

Forestville

Population

477576

Median household income

$48,750$78,125

Median home value

$119,700$152,700

Median gross rent

$600$676

Little Sturgeon

Population

205111

Median household income

$52,321$70,000

Median home value

$191,700$456,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Forestville	Little Sturgeon
Under 5	2.8%	0.0%
5 to 17	15.1%	1.8%
18 to 24	5.9%	0.0%
25 to 34	12.0%	1.8%
35 to 44	11.1%	2.7%
45 to 54	10.9%	0.0%
55 to 64	15.6%	36.9%
65 to 74	14.2%	44.1%
75 and over	12.3%	12.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Forestville	Little Sturgeon
White (non-Hispanic)	92.9%	91.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	9.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Forestville	Little Sturgeon
No high school diploma	1.8%	0.0%
High school graduate	47.8%	29.4%
Some college or associate's	36.9%	33.9%
Bachelor's degree	11.8%	22.9%
Graduate or professional degree	1.6%	13.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Forestville	Little Sturgeon
Drove alone	79.2%	66.7%
Carpooled	8.7%	10.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.4%	23.3%
Other means	3.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Forestville	Little Sturgeon
1-unit, detached	81.0%	66.6%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	8.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	32.8%

Poverty & households

	Forestville	Little Sturgeon
Poverty rate	5.9%	4.5%
Average household size	2.37	1.85
Mean commute (minutes)	24	25
Median year structure built	1974	1970