Forest County vs Sullivan County

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

Forest County and Sullivan 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 5,849 in Sullivan County). Sullivan County has the higher median household income ($64,758 vs $50,061 in Forest County). Sullivan County has the higher median home value ($186,400 vs $111,900 in Forest County).

Population, income & housing

	Forest County	Sullivan County
Population	6,785	5,849
Median age	48.6 yrs	56.1 yrs
Median household income	$50,061	$64,758
Median home value	$111,900	$186,400
Median gross rent	$808	$781
Housing units	6,969	5,601
Homeownership rate	76.9%	83.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.1%	19.7%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Forest County	Sullivan County
Population	7,313 → 6,785 (-7.2%)	6,135 → 5,849 (-4.7%)
Median household income	$39,717 → $50,061 (+26.0%)	$47,407 → $64,758 (+36.6%)
Median home value	$95,900 → $111,900 (+16.7%)	$154,400 → $186,400 (+20.7%)
Median gross rent	$520 → $808 (+55.4%)	$643 → $781 (+21.5%)

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

Sullivan County

Population

6,1355,849

Median household income

$47,407$64,758

Median home value

$154,400$186,400

Median gross rent

$643$781

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Forest County	Sullivan County
Under 5	0.5%	2.7%
5 to 17	3.1%	7.5%
18 to 24	8.7%	6.5%
25 to 34	19.6%	9.4%
35 to 44	13.8%	10.5%
45 to 54	13.5%	12.1%
55 to 64	16.7%	20.9%
65 to 74	14.7%	18.0%
75 and over	9.3%	12.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Forest County	Sullivan County
White (non-Hispanic)	78.3%	93.8%
Black or African American	13.7%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.1%
Asian	0.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.1%
Two or more races	1.9%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	5.0%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Forest County	Sullivan County
No high school diploma	14.4%	8.2%
High school graduate	51.6%	49.0%
Some college or associate's	22.0%	23.1%
Bachelor's degree	8.8%	12.4%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	7.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Forest County	Sullivan County
Drove alone	72.8%	80.8%
Carpooled	7.8%	6.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	2.3%	3.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.7%	6.2%
Other means	2.5%	2.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Forest County	Sullivan County
1-unit, detached	81.7%	86.9%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	0.6%	1.4%
5 to 19 units	1.4%	1.1%
20 or more units	0.7%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	15.3%	9.1%

Poverty & households

	Forest County	Sullivan County
Poverty rate	14.7%	11.0%
Average household size	2.26	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	24	31
Median year structure built	1971	1972