Forest Hills vs Spring Mill

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

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

Forest Hills has the higher population (374 vs 363 in Spring Mill). Spring Mill has the higher median household income ($123,750 vs $76,667 in Forest Hills). Spring Mill has the higher median home value ($281,900 vs $241,200 in Forest Hills).

Population, income & housing

	Forest Hills	Spring Mill
Population	374	363
Median age	56.7 yrs	36.1 yrs
Median household income	$76,667	$123,750
Median home value	$241,200	$281,900
Median gross rent	$1,773	—
Housing units	184	117
Homeownership rate	84.9%	99.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.7%	47.1%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Forest Hills	Spring Mill
Population	432 → 374 (-13.4%)	332 → 363 (+9.3%)
Median household income	$86,563 → $76,667 (-11.4%)	$89,375 → $123,750 (+38.5%)
Median home value	$198,600 → $241,200 (+21.5%)	$217,400 → $281,900 (+29.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,438 → $1,773 (+23.3%)	—

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

Spring Mill

Population

332363

Median household income

$89,375$123,750

Median home value

$217,400$281,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Forest Hills	Spring Mill
Under 5	2.7%	8.5%
5 to 17	8.3%	21.2%
18 to 24	6.4%	4.7%
25 to 34	11.5%	10.2%
35 to 44	5.9%	21.8%
45 to 54	12.6%	12.7%
55 to 64	20.6%	8.5%
65 to 74	17.4%	4.4%
75 and over	14.7%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Forest Hills	Spring Mill
White (non-Hispanic)	90.4%	82.6%
Black or African American	2.7%	5.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.1%
Two or more races	4.3%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	5.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Forest Hills	Spring Mill
No high school diploma	2.3%	3.4%
High school graduate	28.2%	22.7%
Some college or associate's	36.9%	26.9%
Bachelor's degree	21.0%	34.9%
Graduate or professional degree	11.7%	12.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Forest Hills	Spring Mill
Drove alone	78.7%	79.6%
Carpooled	2.4%	1.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	1.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.0%	18.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Forest Hills	Spring Mill
1-unit, detached	96.7%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Forest Hills	Spring Mill
Poverty rate	7.5%	3.0%
Average household size	2.25	3.10
Mean commute (minutes)	23	25
Median year structure built	1959	1971