Forestburgh, New York.
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to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,478 (+116%) since Jan 2020.
Monthly payment to buy the typical home
Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.
- New York$2,755
- United States$1,922
Living in Forestburgh, Sullivan County, New York
Forestburgh is a town of 808 people in Sullivan County. 92% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 8% are rented. Unemployment in Sullivan County was 3.8% in August 2026, and the county had 1.3% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Sullivan County work in schools and health care, then restaurants and hotels.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Forestburgh is a small town in Sullivan County, New York, with an older population than most of the country and a very high rate of home ownership. Few households live below the poverty line, and a four-year degree is common among adults. Winters are cold and snowy, with January the coldest month, and summers are warm, with July the warmest. Rain and melted snow add up to a good deal over the year.
Work. Residents work mostly in schools, hospitals and social care, followed by restaurants, hotels and entertainment, shops, and professional and business services. A fair number of people work from home. Across Sullivan County, the largest workplaces include The Center for Discovery, the Monticello Central School District and Garnet Health Medical Center. The county had slightly more jobs last year than the year before.
Things to do. Forestburgh Playhouse, a theatre, is in or beside town. A short drive away are Sackett Lake and the Monticello Motor Club's race track. Farther afield, a longer drive brings you to Action Park, an amusement park, and to Fulmer Falls, a waterfall.
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- 346households
- 47%of adults have a degree
- 3%below the poverty line
- 23%work from home
What people in Sullivan County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Sullivan County had 30,789 jobs in 2025, 1.3% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 32° and lows near 14°; warmest in July, with highs near 80° and lows near 58°. About 58 inches of snow and 52 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Rock Hill Southwest weather station, 5 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Sullivan County
- The Center for DiscoveryHealthcare1,762
- Monticello Central School DistrictSchool district676FTE
- Garnet Health Medical Center - CatskGeneral hospital435FTE
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters356
- Liberty Central School DistrictSchool district353FTE
- Formaggio CheeseCheese manufacturing350
- Kohl's331
- Fallsburg Central School DistrictSchool district278FTE
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 29 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 5,135 people in all across the county; Forestburgh has none of its own. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24) and hospitals from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- Inland floodingRelatively moderate
- Cold wavesRelatively moderate
- LightningRelatively moderate
- TornadoesRelatively moderate
- Strong windRelatively moderate
- Winter weatherRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms across Sullivan County, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively low. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Sullivan County.
Forestburgh home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
Not enough data to draw this yet.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Forestburgh10
Zip codes with a Forestburgh address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Forestburgh — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.