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Forest Hills, Michigan: commercial real estate data.
Forest Hills is a Census CDP of 28,695 people across 49.30 square miles of land, in Kent County. Median household income is $158,005, 94.0 percent of occupied homes are owned.
Underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency.
Forest Hills
What Forest Hills is
- Census place typeCDP
- Land area49.3 sq mi
- Water area1.51 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land582
- County holding the largest share of its areaKent County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Forest Hills
How many people live in Forest Hills
- Population28,695
- Median age42.3
- Population under 188,377
- Share under 1829.2 percent
- Population 65 and over4,612
- Share 65 and over16.1 percent
- Households10,098
- Family households8,709
- Share of households that are families86.2 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Forest Hills
Income and work in Forest Hills
- Median household income$158,005
- Per capita income$78,986
- Civilian labor force14,133
- Employed13,985
- Unemployed148 plus or minus 68
- Unemployment rate1.0 percent plus or minus 0.5
- Adults 25 and over19,341
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher97.5 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher70.9 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree30.2 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Forest Hills
Housing in Forest Hills
- Housing units10,465
- Occupied units10,098
- Vacant units367 plus or minus 206
- Vacancy rate3.5 percent plus or minus 2.0
- Owner occupied9,490
- Renter occupied608 plus or minus 179
- Ownership rate94.0 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$498,500
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,958
- Annual rent as a share of median income14.9 percent
- Single family units9,772
- Share single family93.4 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more632 plus or minus 211
- Share in buildings of two or more6.0 percent plus or minus 2.0
- Mobile homes61 plus or minus 66
- Median year structure built1988
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Forest Hills
How Forest Hills gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute10,448
- Commuting under 15 minutes3,166
- Share commuting under 15 minutes30.3 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more1,683 plus or minus 355
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more16.1 percent plus or minus 3.3
- Drove alone70.3 percent
- Carpooled5.0 percent plus or minus 2.1
- Public transport0.6 percent plus or minus 0.8
- Walked1.1 percent plus or minus 0.6
- Worked from home22.5 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Kent County, not Forest Hills
Kent County context, not Forest Hills figures
- Establishments in Kent County17,799
- Covered employment, Kent County415,565
- Average annual pay, Kent County$62,288
- Housing units permitted, Kent County2,090
Every figure in this section is published for Kent County as a whole and is not a measurement of Forest Hills.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Parcel detail, zoning and the flood zone at an address are not on this page; they resolve at the address in the platform. How this page was built →
Common questions
Forest Hills questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Forest Hills, Michigan?
28,695, in 10,098 households. Forest Hills CDP covers 49.30 square miles of land, which is 582 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Forest Hills in?
Kent County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Forest Hills?
$158,005. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $498,500. Median gross rent is $1,958 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Are the county figures on this page Forest Hills figures?
No, and they are labeled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Kent County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Forest Hills.
Is zoning published for Forest Hills?
No. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.