Forestville vs Sister Bay

A side-by-side comparison of Forestville and Sister Bay: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Sister Bay has the higher population (1,016 vs 576 in Forestville). Forestville has the higher median household income ($78,125 vs $57,679 in Sister Bay). Sister Bay has the higher median home value ($328,700 vs $152,700 in Forestville).

Population, income & housing

	Forestville	Sister Bay
Population	576	1,016
Median age	48.8 yrs	54.8 yrs
Median household income	$78,125	$57,679
Median home value	$152,700	$328,700
Median gross rent	$676	$1,018
Housing units	258	1,415
Homeownership rate	81.5%	46.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.4%	48.6%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Forestville	Sister Bay
Population	477 → 576 (+20.8%)	740 → 1,016 (+37.3%)
Median household income	$48,750 → $78,125 (+60.3%)	$41,364 → $57,679 (+39.4%)
Median home value	$119,700 → $152,700 (+27.6%)	$264,200 → $328,700 (+24.4%)
Median gross rent	$600 → $676 (+12.7%)	$899 → $1,018 (+13.2%)

Forestville

Population

477576

Median household income

$48,750$78,125

Median home value

$119,700$152,700

Median gross rent

$600$676

Sister Bay

Population

7401,016

Median household income

$41,364$57,679

Median home value

$264,200$328,700

Median gross rent

$899$1,018

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Forestville	Sister Bay
Under 5	2.8%	9.6%
5 to 17	15.1%	9.4%
18 to 24	5.9%	1.5%
25 to 34	12.0%	9.4%
35 to 44	11.1%	11.6%
45 to 54	10.9%	8.6%
55 to 64	15.6%	7.3%
65 to 74	14.2%	20.7%
75 and over	12.3%	21.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Forestville	Sister Bay
White (non-Hispanic)	92.9%	97.8%
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%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	5.0%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Forestville	Sister Bay
No high school diploma	1.8%	0.7%
High school graduate	47.8%	19.2%
Some college or associate's	36.9%	31.5%
Bachelor's degree	11.8%	26.4%
Graduate or professional degree	1.6%	22.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Forestville	Sister Bay
Drove alone	79.2%	69.2%
Carpooled	8.7%	5.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.3%	8.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.4%	17.2%
Other means	3.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Forestville	Sister Bay
1-unit, detached	81.0%	34.8%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	8.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	18.0%
5 to 19 units	8.9%	27.8%
20 or more units	5.4%	11.0%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Forestville	Sister Bay
Poverty rate	5.9%	25.1%
Average household size	2.37	1.76
Mean commute (minutes)	24	13
Median year structure built	1974	1993