Ball vs Forest Hill

A side-by-side comparison of Ball and Forest Hill: population, income, housing, and more.

Ball and Forest Hill are places in Louisiana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Ball has the higher population (3,900 vs 797 in Forest Hill). Forest Hill has the higher median household income ($103,500 vs $72,713 in Ball). Forest Hill has the higher median home value ($320,100 vs $176,400 in Ball).

Population, income & housing

	Ball	Forest Hill
Population	3,900	797
Median age	29.9 yrs	37.1 yrs
Median household income	$72,713	$103,500
Median home value	$176,400	$320,100
Median gross rent	$1,055	$1,006
Housing units	1,432	342
Homeownership rate	85.3%	61.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.8%	28.6%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ball	Forest Hill
Population	3,971 → 3,900 (-1.8%)	782 → 797 (+1.9%)
Median household income	$54,577 → $72,713 (+33.2%)	$30,170 → $103,500 (+243.1%)
Median home value	$139,300 → $176,400 (+26.6%)	$80,000 → $320,100 (+300.1%)
Median gross rent	$793 → $1,055 (+33.0%)	$756 → $1,006 (+33.1%)

Ball

Population

3,9713,900

Median household income

$54,577$72,713

Median home value

$139,300$176,400

Median gross rent

$793$1,055

Forest Hill

Population

782797

Median household income

$30,170$103,500

Median home value

$80,000$320,100

Median gross rent

$756$1,006

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ball	Forest Hill
Under 5	7.7%	5.1%
5 to 17	17.2%	29.1%
18 to 24	13.1%	7.4%
25 to 34	22.0%	7.8%
35 to 44	14.6%	23.0%
45 to 54	6.1%	15.3%
55 to 64	7.8%	5.0%
65 to 74	6.6%	6.1%
75 and over	5.0%	1.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ball	Forest Hill
White (non-Hispanic)	83.9%	40.7%
Black or African American	5.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.8%	59.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ball	Forest Hill
No high school diploma	9.0%	32.7%
High school graduate	45.2%	28.0%
Some college or associate's	26.0%	10.8%
Bachelor's degree	11.8%	9.5%
Graduate or professional degree	8.0%	19.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ball	Forest Hill
Drove alone	62.4%	75.9%
Carpooled	10.4%	14.2%
Public transit	1.5%	0.0%
Walked	17.0%	9.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.9%	0.8%
Other means	3.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ball	Forest Hill
1-unit, detached	73.3%	50.6%
1-unit, attached	4.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.6%	2.3%
5 to 19 units	1.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	20.5%	47.1%

Poverty & households

	Ball	Forest Hill
Poverty rate	13.2%	12.5%
Average household size	2.86	2.91
Mean commute (minutes)	20	25
Median year structure built	1985	1995