Boyce vs Forest Hill

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

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

Boyce has the higher population (1,295 vs 797 in Forest Hill). Forest Hill has the higher median household income ($103,500 vs $36,250 in Boyce). Forest Hill has the higher median home value ($320,100 vs $83,600 in Boyce).

Population, income & housing

	Boyce	Forest Hill
Population	1,295	797
Median age	22.7 yrs	37.1 yrs
Median household income	$36,250	$103,500
Median home value	$83,600	$320,100
Median gross rent	$848	$1,006
Housing units	454	342
Homeownership rate	40.9%	61.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.7%	28.6%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boyce	Forest Hill
Population	1,041 → 1,295 (+24.4%)	782 → 797 (+1.9%)
Median household income	$23,920 → $36,250 (+51.5%)	$30,170 → $103,500 (+243.1%)
Median home value	$56,600 → $83,600 (+47.7%)	$80,000 → $320,100 (+300.1%)
Median gross rent	$684 → $848 (+24.0%)	$756 → $1,006 (+33.1%)

Boyce

Population

1,0411,295

Median household income

$23,920$36,250

Median home value

$56,600$83,600

Median gross rent

$684$848

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)

	Boyce	Forest Hill
Under 5	18.4%	5.1%
5 to 17	21.1%	29.1%
18 to 24	19.7%	7.4%
25 to 34	7.7%	7.8%
35 to 44	8.8%	23.0%
45 to 54	7.5%	15.3%
55 to 64	9.2%	5.0%
65 to 74	3.6%	6.1%
75 and over	4.0%	1.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boyce	Forest Hill
White (non-Hispanic)	37.3%	40.7%
Black or African American	62.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	59.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boyce	Forest Hill
No high school diploma	24.2%	32.7%
High school graduate	35.9%	28.0%
Some college or associate's	34.2%	10.8%
Bachelor's degree	4.2%	9.5%
Graduate or professional degree	1.5%	19.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boyce	Forest Hill
Drove alone	73.9%	75.9%
Carpooled	22.4%	14.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	9.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.8%
Other means	2.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boyce	Forest Hill
1-unit, detached	58.1%	50.6%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	18.1%	2.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	22.2%	47.1%

Poverty & households

	Boyce	Forest Hill
Poverty rate	32.4%	12.5%
Average household size	3.73	2.91
Mean commute (minutes)	20	25
Median year structure built	1964	1995