West Forks is a plantation in Somerset County, Maine, United States.

At the 2000 census there were 47 people, 23 households, and 10 families residing in the plantation.

There were 96 housing units at an average density of 2.0 per square mile (0.77/km2).

In the plantation the population was spread out, with 6.4% under the age of 18, 12.8% from 18 to 24, 27.7% from 25 to 44, 38.3% from 45 to 64, and 14.9% 65 or older.

There were no families and 4.2% of the population living below the poverty line, including no under-eighteens and none of those over 64.