† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
20042024
Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupForestvilleMarylandUnited States
African American†68.4%23.6%9.9%
Nigerian4.0%1.1%0.2%
African3.2%1.2%0.5%
Jamaican2.6%0.7%0.4%
Ethiopian1.0%0.7%—
Ghanaian0.9%0.3%—
Haitian0.9%0.3%0.3%
Sierra Leonean0.6%——
Salvadoran3.2%3.5%0.7%
Mexican1.2%2.0%11.3%
Guatemalan1.1%1.2%0.5%
Honduran0.5%0.7%0.3%
Puerto Rican0.3%1.2%1.8%
Dominican0.3%0.5%0.7%
American0.6%4.1%5.3%
German0.5%11.4%12.5%
Irish0.5%9.3%9.4%
English0.4%8.5%9.5%
Italian0.2%4.4%4.8%
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Forestville
Maryland
United States
Median age
42.5
39.5
39.1
Age 18–24
5.4%
8.5%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
20.3%
16.6%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Forestville
Maryland
United States
Median household income
$70,579
$103,678
$84,427
Poverty rate
10.3%
9.5%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
21.5%
43.5%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Forestville
Maryland
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
9.4%
21.1%
22.3%
Spanish
6.0%
9.6%
13.6%
Other languages
1.6%
2.5%
0.8%
Religious landscape
Measure
Forestville
Maryland
United States
Catholic
—
14.7%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
11.2%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
56.6%
51.5%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Forestville, Maryland
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+89.4%
2008
+93.5%
2012
+93.1%
2016
+91.4%
2020
+91.1%
2024
+85.0%
DemocraticRepublican
6 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year. Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits. † 2004, 2020 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for these cycles was unreliable — either county/municipality-level consolidated reporting (COVID-era) or a precinct-to-block allocation that misplaced votes — so the figures are allocated from the constituent county totals in proportion to the place and scaled to certified totals.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
D
91.4%Harris4,848
6.4%Trump339
2.2%
D+85.0
R+6.1
D+86.5
5,304
D
95.5%Biden5,727
4.3%Trump260
0.2%
D+91.1
R+0.2
D+86.7
6,000
D
94.5%Clinton5,442
3.2%Trump183
2.3%
D+91.4
R+1.7
D+89.3
5,756
D
96.0%Obama5,751
2.9%Romney176
1.1%
D+93.1
R+0.4
D+89.2
5,990
D
96.6%Obama5,629
3.1%McCain178
0.4%
D+93.5
D+4.1
D+86.2
5,830
D
94.5%Kerry4,418
5.1%Bush238
0.4%
D+89.4
—
D+91.8
4,677
Forestville sits just inside the Capital Beltway in Prince George's County, where proximity to federal facilities and a majority-Black population of roughly 10,500 produce turnout patterns closely tied to the broader D.C. metro workforce.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 93.5 points in 2008. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 6.1 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 85.0 points.
A population of 10,495, a 3% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $70,579 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Walker Mill and Hillcrest Heights.
Akashic
Political twins — cities
The cities whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
In 2024, Forestville, Maryland voted Democratic by 85.0 points (D+85.0), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 5,304 votes cast, 4,848 went Democratic and 339 went Republican.
How many people live in Forestville, Maryland?
Forestville, Maryland has a population of 10,495 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Forestville, Maryland?
Median household income in Forestville, Maryland is $70,579 — below the national median of $80,734. The Maryland state median is $103,678.
What is the political history of Forestville, Maryland?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Forestville, Maryland from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
