About Forest Hill

Forest Hill is a somewhat small city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 12,931 people and just one neighborhood, Forest Hill is the 184th largest community in Texas.

Forest Hill is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Forest Hill is a city of sales and office workers, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Forest Hill who work in office and administrative support jobs (19.34%), sales jobs (9.64%), and teaching (6.01%).

Forest Hill is a very car-oriented city. This is because most people - 98.3% - drive by car to work every day, and few people choose alternative modes of transportation, such as public transit, cycling, or walking. In general, car-oriented communities have a layout that emphasizes streets, highways, and ease of parking, and sometimes this can be to the detriment of human-scale priorities such as walkability alongside roads, and public spaces. For example, strip malls are something you will find in Forest Hill.

Forest Hill Information and Demographics

The percentage of people in Forest Hill with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 14.96%: just 10.39% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Forest Hill in 2000 was $17,027, which is upper middle income relative to Texas, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $68,108 for a family of four.

Forest Hill is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Forest Hill home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Forest Hill is African-American, followed by White. Forest Hill also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 18.40% of the city's residents.

The most common language spoken in Forest Hill is English. Some people also speak Spanish.