Cameron County vs Forest County

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

Cameron County and Forest County are counties in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Forest County has the higher population (6,785 vs 4,475 in Cameron County). Forest County has the higher median household income ($50,061 vs $47,681 in Cameron County). Forest County has the higher median home value ($111,900 vs $88,200 in Cameron County).

Population, income & housing

	Cameron County	Forest County
Population	4,475	6,785
Median age	52.5 yrs	48.6 yrs
Median household income	$47,681	$50,061
Median home value	$88,200	$111,900
Median gross rent	$699	$808
Housing units	3,933	6,969
Homeownership rate	68.9%	76.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.3%	12.1%
Unemployment rate	9.3%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cameron County	Forest County
Population	4,611 → 4,475 (-2.9%)	7,313 → 6,785 (-7.2%)
Median household income	$41,165 → $47,681 (+15.8%)	$39,717 → $50,061 (+26.0%)
Median home value	$78,500 → $88,200 (+12.4%)	$95,900 → $111,900 (+16.7%)
Median gross rent	$600 → $699 (+16.5%)	$520 → $808 (+55.4%)

Cameron County

Population

4,6114,475

Median household income

$41,165$47,681

Median home value

$78,500$88,200

Median gross rent

$600$699

Forest County

Population

7,3136,785

Median household income

$39,717$50,061

Median home value

$95,900$111,900

Median gross rent

$520$808

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cameron County	Forest County
Under 5	3.8%	0.5%
5 to 17	12.4%	3.1%
18 to 24	5.7%	8.7%
25 to 34	10.2%	19.6%
35 to 44	9.0%	13.8%
45 to 54	11.9%	13.5%
55 to 64	17.5%	16.7%
65 to 74	17.7%	14.7%
75 and over	11.8%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cameron County	Forest County
White (non-Hispanic)	93.0%	78.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	13.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.4%
Asian	0.5%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	4.4%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	5.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cameron County	Forest County
No high school diploma	9.0%	14.4%
High school graduate	50.0%	51.6%
Some college or associate's	29.7%	22.0%
Bachelor's degree	8.5%	8.8%
Graduate or professional degree	2.7%	3.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cameron County	Forest County
Drove alone	82.2%	72.8%
Carpooled	10.2%	7.8%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	4.4%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.5%	14.7%
Other means	0.1%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cameron County	Forest County
1-unit, detached	77.6%	81.7%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	5.6%	0.6%
5 to 19 units	1.3%	1.4%
20 or more units	2.4%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	12.6%	15.3%

Poverty & households

	Cameron County	Forest County
Poverty rate	16.0%	14.7%
Average household size	1.98	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	18	24
Median year structure built	1959	1971