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Forest Hills, PA
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Forest Hills profile


Living in Forest Hills



Forest Hills is a somewhat small borough located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 6,263 people and two constituent neighborhoods, Forest Hills is the 210th largest community in Pennsylvania.

Of important note, Forest Hills is also a borough of artists. Forest Hills has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Forest Hills’s character.

Also of interest is that Forest Hills has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

A relatively large number of people in Forest Hills telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 14.55% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

In Forest Hills, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 31.39 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. One bright side is that local public transit is widely used, so it may be an option to avoid the headache of driving in the heavy traffic by leaving the car at home and taking transit.

Even though Forest Hills is a smaller borough, it has many people who hop on public transportation – mostly the bus for their daily commute to work. Typically, these people are commuting to good jobs in the surrounding cities.

Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to Forest Hills, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. Forest Hills is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 61.29% of its adults having a college degree or even advanced degree, compared to a national average across all communities of 21.84%.

The per capita income in Forest Hills in 2018 was $50,132, which is wealthy relative to Pennsylvania and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $200,528 for a family of four.

Forest Hills is a very ethnically-diverse borough. The people who call Forest Hills home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Forest Hills residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Forest Hills include German, Irish, Italian, English, and Polish.

The most common language spoken in Forest Hills is English. Other important languages spoken here include French Creole and Spanish.


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