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Forest Hills, MI

28,494 Population
49.3 square miles 578 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.3 ±1.3 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI Metro Area: 36.6 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Michigan: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$79,311 ±$5,547 Per capita income
  • about double the amount in the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI Metro Area: $39,932 ±$376
  • about double the amount in Michigan: $39,538 ±$169
$156,618 ±$16,002 Median household income
  • about double the amount in the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI Metro Area: $80,296 ±$841
  • more than double the amount in Michigan: $71,149 ±$286

2.6% ±1.7% (729  ±490) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI Metro Area: 9.9% 112,037 (±0.4% / ±4,153)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Michigan: 13.1% 1,284,470 (±0.2% / ±14,626)

20.6 minutes ±1.4 (217,510  ±23,712) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI Metro Area: 22.1 11,358,550 (±0.2 / ±154,706)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Michigan: 24.4 99,186,210 (±0.1 / ±470,248)

Families

10,080 ±353 Number of households
  • the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI Metro Area: 436,435 ±1,292
  • Michigan: 4,040,168 ±8,515
2.8 ±0.1 (28,433  ±487) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI Metro Area: 2.6 1,125,859 (±0 / ±274)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Michigan: 2.4 9,836,892

6.6% ±2.7% (378  ±160) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI Metro Area: 5.1% 13,935 (±0.4% / ±988)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Michigan: 5.1% 115,462 (±0.1% / ±2,544)

Housing

10,339 ±361 Number of housing units
  • the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI Metro Area: 463,653 ±187
  • Michigan: 4,599,683 ±956

$474,800 ±$33,758 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • nearly double the amount in the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI Metro Area: $261,600 ±$2,411
  • more than double the amount in Michigan: $217,600 ±$692

5% ±1.5% (1,418  ±431.3) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI Metro Area: 12.5% 143,149 (±0.4% / ±4,754.7)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Michigan: 11.6% 1,157,187 (±0.1% / ±12,518.1)

Social

97.7% ±5% (19,024  ±1,116) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI Metro Area: 92.5% 712,037 (±0.8% / ±6,065.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in Michigan: 91.9% 6,402,550 (±0.3% / ±18,779.9)
71.5% ±4.5% (13,916  ±951.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about double the rate in the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI Metro Area: 35.4% 272,436 (±0.5% / ±3,770.5)
  • more than double the rate in Michigan: 31.8% 2,213,104 (±0.2% / ±11,301.1)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

5.3% ±1.3% (1,523  ±368) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI Metro Area: 6.5% 75,444
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Michigan: 7% 707,414

6.6% ±1.9% (1,351  ±391) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI Metro Area: 5.5% 48,318 (±0.2% / ±1,516)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Michigan: 6.1% 479,115 (±0.1% / ±4,106)
1,351 Total veterans ±391 1,013 Male ±312 338 Female ±351

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