Forest Hills vs Norwood

A side-by-side comparison of Forest Hills and Norwood: population, income, housing, and more.

Forest Hills and Norwood are places in Kentucky. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Norwood has the higher population (395 vs 374 in Forest Hills). Norwood has the higher median household income ($106,667 vs $76,667 in Forest Hills). Norwood has the higher median home value ($347,400 vs $241,200 in Forest Hills).

Population, income & housing

	Forest Hills	Norwood
Population	374	395
Median age	56.7 yrs	42.9 yrs
Median household income	$76,667	$106,667
Median home value	$241,200	$347,400
Median gross rent	$1,773	$1,798
Housing units	184	184
Homeownership rate	84.9%	82.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.7%	66.3%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Forest Hills	Norwood
Population	432 → 374 (-13.4%)	450 → 395 (-12.2%)
Median household income	$86,563 → $76,667 (-11.4%)	$94,167 → $106,667 (+13.3%)
Median home value	$198,600 → $241,200 (+21.5%)	$288,200 → $347,400 (+20.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,438 → $1,773 (+23.3%)	$1,444 → $1,798 (+24.5%)

Forest Hills

Population

432374

Median household income

$86,563$76,667

Median home value

$198,600$241,200

Median gross rent

$1,438$1,773

Norwood

Population

450395

Median household income

$94,167$106,667

Median home value

$288,200$347,400

Median gross rent

$1,444$1,798

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Forest Hills	Norwood
Under 5	2.7%	4.3%
5 to 17	8.3%	16.5%
18 to 24	6.4%	4.8%
25 to 34	11.5%	12.4%
35 to 44	5.9%	15.2%
45 to 54	12.6%	12.2%
55 to 64	20.6%	19.0%
65 to 74	17.4%	10.4%
75 and over	14.7%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Forest Hills	Norwood
White (non-Hispanic)	90.4%	85.1%
Black or African American	2.7%	10.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.3%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Forest Hills	Norwood
No high school diploma	2.3%	0.7%
High school graduate	28.2%	10.9%
Some college or associate's	36.9%	22.1%
Bachelor's degree	21.0%	36.4%
Graduate or professional degree	11.7%	29.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Forest Hills	Norwood
Drove alone	78.7%	76.6%
Carpooled	2.4%	3.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.8%	1.9%
Bicycle	1.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.0%	14.4%
Other means	0.0%	3.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Forest Hills	Norwood
1-unit, detached	96.7%	88.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	8.2%
20 or more units	2.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Forest Hills	Norwood
Poverty rate	7.5%	4.8%
Average household size	2.25	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	23	16
Median year structure built	1959	1959