Forest Hills is a somewhat small borough located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 6,189 people and two associated neighborhoods, Forest Hills is the 210th largest community in Pennsylvania.Forest Hills is a decidedly white-collar borough, with fully 89.07% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Forest Hills is a borough of professionals, managers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Forest Hills who work in management occupations (12.37%), office and administrative support (10.81%), and teaching (8.60%). 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 23.74% 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 30.33 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. Despite being a small borough, Forest Hills has a lot of people using the bus to get to and from work every day. Most of these people on the bus are using it to get to good jobs in other cities.If knowledge is power, Forest Hills is a pretty powerful place. 60.26% of the adults in Forest Hills have earned a 4-year college degree, masters degree, MD, law degree, or even PhD. Compare that to the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns. The per capita income in Forest Hills in 2022 was $58,113, which is wealthy relative to Pennsylvania and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $232,452 for a family of four. However, Forest Hills contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Forest Hills is a somewhat 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, Italian, Irish, English, and Polish. The most common language spoken in Forest Hills is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French Creole.
