Forest County vs Montour County

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

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

Montour County has the higher population (18,079 vs 6,785 in Forest County). Montour County has the higher median household income ($72,926 vs $50,061 in Forest County). Montour County has the higher median home value ($240,300 vs $111,900 in Forest County).

Population, income & housing

	Forest County	Montour County
Population	6,785	18,079
Median age	48.6 yrs	43.0 yrs
Median household income	$50,061	$72,926
Median home value	$111,900	$240,300
Median gross rent	$808	$1,057
Housing units	6,969	8,117
Homeownership rate	76.9%	67.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.1%	36.6%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Forest County	Montour County
Population	7,313 → 6,785 (-7.2%)	18,259 → 18,079 (-1.0%)
Median household income	$39,717 → $50,061 (+26.0%)	$58,333 → $72,926 (+25.0%)
Median home value	$95,900 → $111,900 (+16.7%)	$185,100 → $240,300 (+29.8%)
Median gross rent	$520 → $808 (+55.4%)	$721 → $1,057 (+46.6%)

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

Montour County

Population

18,25918,079

Median household income

$58,333$72,926

Median home value

$185,100$240,300

Median gross rent

$721$1,057

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Forest County	Montour County
Under 5	0.5%	5.5%
5 to 17	3.1%	14.8%
18 to 24	8.7%	6.4%
25 to 34	19.6%	13.1%
35 to 44	13.8%	12.5%
45 to 54	13.5%	11.0%
55 to 64	16.7%	15.2%
65 to 74	14.7%	11.9%
75 and over	9.3%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Forest County	Montour County
White (non-Hispanic)	78.3%	89.6%
Black or African American	13.7%	2.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.1%
Asian	0.6%	3.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.2%
Two or more races	1.9%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	5.0%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Forest County	Montour County
No high school diploma	14.4%	7.2%
High school graduate	51.6%	34.0%
Some college or associate's	22.0%	22.2%
Bachelor's degree	8.8%	17.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	19.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Forest County	Montour County
Drove alone	72.8%	74.7%
Carpooled	7.8%	6.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	2.3%	6.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	14.7%	11.2%
Other means	2.5%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Forest County	Montour County
1-unit, detached	81.7%	66.2%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	8.7%
2 to 4 units	0.6%	8.4%
5 to 19 units	1.4%	6.7%
20 or more units	0.7%	3.7%
Mobile home & other	15.3%	6.3%

Poverty & households

	Forest County	Montour County
Poverty rate	14.7%	8.8%
Average household size	2.26	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	24	19
Median year structure built	1971	1975