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Forest City borough, Pennsylvania: commercial real estate data.
Forest City borough is a Census borough of 1,770 people across 0.91 square miles of land, in Susquehanna County. Median household income is $57,404, 66.6 percent of occupied homes are owned.
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Forest City
What Forest City is
- Census place typeborough
- Land area0.91 sq mi
- Water area0.03 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,935
- County holding the largest share of its areaSusquehanna County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How many people live in Forest City
- Population1,770
- Median age46.2
- Population under 18350 plus or minus 76
- Share under 1819.8 percent
- Population 65 and over447
- Share 65 and over25.3 percent
- Households773
- Family households447
- Share of households that are families57.8 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Income and work in Forest City
- Median household income$57,404 plus or minus $11,815
- Per capita income$30,533
- Civilian labor force823
- Employed762
- Unemployed61 plus or minus 25
- Unemployment rate7.4 percent plus or minus 2.8
- Adults 25 and over1,294
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher92.2 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher15.4 percent plus or minus 4.2
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree1.9 percent plus or minus 1.7
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Forest City
- Housing units934
- Occupied units773
- Vacant units161 plus or minus 73
- Vacancy rate17.2 percent plus or minus 7.6
- Owner occupied515
- Renter occupied258 plus or minus 61
- Ownership rate66.6 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$143,900
- Median gross rent, monthly$879
- Annual rent as a share of median income18.4 percent plus or minus 4.9
- Single family units647
- Share single family69.3 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more260 plus or minus 73
- Share in buildings of two or more27.8 percent plus or minus 7.2
- Mobile homes27 plus or minus 22
- Median year structure built1951
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Forest City gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute663
- Commuting under 15 minutes245 plus or minus 82
- Share commuting under 15 minutes37.0 percent plus or minus 10.9
- Commuting 30 minutes or more242 plus or minus 65
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more36.5 percent plus or minus 7.9
- Drove alone72.1 percent
- Carpooled4.5 percent plus or minus 2.8
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked8.8 percent plus or minus 5.5
- Worked from home12.0 percent plus or minus 10.4
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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SBA loans in Forest City (504)
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$260,000
- Average approval$260,000
- Median approval$260,000
- Largest approval$260,000
- Jobs supported12
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Distinct CDCs1
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Forest City
Flood risk in Forest City
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- NFIP community number422067
- Currently effective map date04/02/13(M)
This community carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies to it.
FEMA, National Flood Insurance Program Community Status Book, Community Status Book, as retrieved.
Susquehanna County, not Forest City
Susquehanna County context, not Forest City figures
These are Susquehanna County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Forest City measurements.
- Establishments in Susquehanna County855
- Employment at those establishments, Susquehanna County7,461
- Covered employment, Susquehanna County8,955
- Average annual pay, Susquehanna County$50,769
- Average weekly wage, Susquehanna County$976
- Housing units permitted, Susquehanna County70
- Of those, single family, Susquehanna County66
- County product, 2024, Susquehanna County$2,615,998,000
- County product change over the prior year, Susquehanna County-18.1 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Susquehanna County$87,335
Every figure in this section is published for Susquehanna County as a whole and is not a measurement of Forest City. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Forest City questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Forest City, Pennsylvania?
1,770, in 773 households. Forest City borough covers 0.91 square miles of land, which is 1,935 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Forest City in?
Susquehanna County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Forest City?
$57,404. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $143,900. Median gross rent is $879 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Is Forest City in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Forest City appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 422067, with no Community Rating System class, so no CRS discount applies. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page Forest City figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Susquehanna County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Forest City.
Is zoning published for Forest City?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.