Forest County vs Fulton County

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

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

Fulton County has the higher population (14,545 vs 6,785 in Forest County). Fulton County has the higher median household income ($64,798 vs $50,061 in Forest County). Fulton County has the higher median home value ($206,000 vs $111,900 in Forest County).

Population, income & housing

	Forest County	Fulton County
Population	6,785	14,545
Median age	48.6 yrs	45.9 yrs
Median household income	$50,061	$64,798
Median home value	$111,900	$206,000
Median gross rent	$808	$781
Housing units	6,969	7,129
Homeownership rate	76.9%	77.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.1%	17.1%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Forest County	Fulton County
Population	7,313 → 6,785 (-7.2%)	14,506 → 14,545 (+0.3%)
Median household income	$39,717 → $50,061 (+26.0%)	$53,476 → $64,798 (+21.2%)
Median home value	$95,900 → $111,900 (+16.7%)	$161,000 → $206,000 (+28.0%)
Median gross rent	$520 → $808 (+55.4%)	$663 → $781 (+17.8%)

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

Fulton County

Population

14,50614,545

Median household income

$53,476$64,798

Median home value

$161,000$206,000

Median gross rent

$663$781

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Forest County	Fulton County
Under 5	0.5%	4.8%
5 to 17	3.1%	15.1%
18 to 24	8.7%	7.1%
25 to 34	19.6%	10.9%
35 to 44	13.8%	11.2%
45 to 54	13.5%	13.6%
55 to 64	16.7%	15.2%
65 to 74	14.7%	12.4%
75 and over	9.3%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Forest County	Fulton County
White (non-Hispanic)	78.3%	93.7%
Black or African American	13.7%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	1.3%
Two or more races	1.9%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	5.0%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Forest County	Fulton County
No high school diploma	14.4%	10.7%
High school graduate	51.6%	48.3%
Some college or associate's	22.0%	23.8%
Bachelor's degree	8.8%	10.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Forest County	Fulton County
Drove alone	72.8%	80.5%
Carpooled	7.8%	9.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	2.3%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.7%	6.7%
Other means	2.5%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Forest County	Fulton County
1-unit, detached	81.7%	78.3%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	0.6%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	1.4%	2.3%
20 or more units	0.7%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	15.3%	14.7%

Poverty & households

	Forest County	Fulton County
Poverty rate	14.7%	11.7%
Average household size	2.26	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	24	31
Median year structure built	1971	1975