Forest County, Pennsylvania

• White (non-Hispanic) 5,258 78.3%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 344 5.1%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 923 13.7%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 24 0.4%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 137 2.0%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 24 0.4%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 5 0.1%

• Under 18 248 3.7%
• 18–24 577 8.6%
• 25–44 2,245 33.4%
• 45–64 1,969 29.3%
• 65 and over 1,676 25.0%

Median household income

$55,213

90% interval $50,729–$59,697

−$22,319 vs PA · 67th of 67

Below poverty line

22.8%

90% interval 16.1%–29.5%

+11.2 pp vs PA · 1st of 67

Unemployment (12-mo)

6.0%

+1.77 pp vs. state

County GDP

$269.7M

0.03% of state

Avg. annual pay

$58,939

Establishments

142

• Trade, transportation & utilities 156 8.2%
• Manufacturing 144 7.6%
• Education & health services 94 5.0%
• Public administration 41 2.2%
• Professional & business services 10 0.5%

The sectors listed cover 23.5% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

78.3%

+9.0 pp vs PA · 16th of 67

Median gross rent

$817

−$392 vs PA · 45th of 67

Owner-occupied

1,504

Renter-occupied

416

• Diversified

  Top three sectors employ 21% of the workforce, a relatively diversified local economy. Expect mixed employer backgrounds on the panel rather than concentration in any one institution or industry.

• Compressed wage spread

  Highest-paid sector pays only 2.3× the lowest ($62,106 vs $27,167/yr), a relatively flat local wage distribution.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 13 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

• Small-sector pay

  The $70,984 average in Public administration is BLS's published figure for 41 jobs. With so few jobs, a few high-paying employers or contracts can set the average, so it is left out of the wage-spread read.

• Republican 1,902 71.8%
• Democratic 724 27.3%
• Other / third-party 24 0.9%

• Spanish 223 3.3%
• German or other West Germanic 35 0.5%
• Arabic 21 0.3%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 13 0.2%

Households

1,920

Family households

1,052

54.8% of households

Married couples w/ children

142

13.5% of families

Single-mother families

33

3.1% of families

Veterans

504

7.8% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 936 13.4%
• Mainline Protestant 565 8.1%
• Catholic 75 1.1%

Health insured

93.6%

±1.9 pp

Uninsured

6.4%

±1.9 pp

23rd of 67

With a disability

22.4%

±2.5 pp

2nd of 67

Bachelor's or higher

12.3%

±1.8 pp

−22.9 pp vs PA · 67th of 67

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

9.1%

90% interval 7.9%–10.3% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

Trial court

37th Judicial District Court of Common Pleas

Judges

1 (Court of Common Pleas judges per district (general civil + felony criminal + family + orphans' court jurisdiction); vintage 2026 pacourts.us; cross-checked against 42 Pa. C.S. § 911. Magisterial District Judges (limited jurisdiction: preliminary criminal, landlord-tenant, small civil up to $12K) are separately allocated and not counted here. Philadelphia Municipal Court (limited civil + minor criminal in Philadelphia only) also separate.)

Court seats

Tionesta, Warren

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

1

15.46 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

1