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Forest Hills, MI

28,695 Population
49.3 square miles 582.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.3 ±2.1 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI Metro Area: 36.8 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in Michigan: 40.2 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$78,986 ±$5,249 Per capita income
  • nearly double the amount in the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI Metro Area: $41,561 ±$506
  • nearly double the amount in Michigan: $40,735 ±$166
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$158,005 ±$13,605 Median household income
  • nearly double the amount in the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI Metro Area: $82,874 ±$875
  • more than double the amount in Michigan: $72,875 ±$293
  • about double the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

3% ±1.7% (856  ±482) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-third of the rate in the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI Metro Area: 9.7% 109,944 (±0.4% / ±4,020)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Michigan: 13.2% 1,303,527 (±0.2% / ±16,388)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

19.7 minutes ±0.2 (205,380  ±17,655) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI Metro Area: 22 11,185,500 (±0.2 / ±140,231)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Michigan: 24.2 97,245,590 (±0.1 / ±399,652)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

10,098 ±362 Number of households
  • the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI Metro Area: 440,316 ±1,454
  • Michigan: 4,076,369 ±8,399
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.8 ±0.1 (28,605  ±529) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI Metro Area: 2.6 1,133,323 (±0 / ±256)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Michigan: 2.4 9,863,281
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

7.8% ±3.1% (452  ±184) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI Metro Area: 4.9% 13,616 (±0.4% / ±1,008)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Michigan: 5.1% 114,939 (±0.1% / ±2,670)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

10,465 ±394 Number of housing units
  • the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI Metro Area: 467,528 ±253
  • Michigan: 4,622,236 ±795
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$498,500 ±$33,505 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI Metro Area: $285,300 ±$2,130
  • more than double the amount in Michigan: $231,600 ±$642
  • about 1.5 times the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

4.7% ±1.5% (1,321  ±412) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI Metro Area: 11.9% 136,829 (±0.4% / ±4,615.2)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Michigan: 11.2% 1,119,587 (±0.1% / ±12,091.9)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

97.5% ±5.1% (18,862  ±1,138.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI Metro Area: 92.6% 720,782 (±0.8% / ±6,455.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in Michigan: 92.1% 6,452,696 (±0.3% / ±19,033.3)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
70.9% ±4.6% (13,706  ±972) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • nearly double the rate in the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI Metro Area: 36.5% 284,544 (±0.5% / ±3,951.1)
  • more than double the rate in Michigan: 32.5% 2,273,972 (±0.2% / ±11,133.4)
  • about double the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

5.7% ±1.3% (1,648  ±379) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI Metro Area: 6.8% 78,597
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Michigan: 7.2% 728,881
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.5% ±2% (1,326  ±405) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI Metro Area: 5.2% 46,902 (±0.2% / ±1,668)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Michigan: 5.8% 460,783 (±0.1% / ±4,000)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,326 Total veterans ±405 987 Male ±315 339 Female ±351

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