Cheneyville vs Forest Hill

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

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

Forest Hill has the higher population (797 vs 592 in Cheneyville). Since 2019, Forest Hill's population has grown faster (+1.9% vs -5.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Cheneyville	Forest Hill
Population	592	797
Median age	49.0 yrs	37.1 yrs
Median household income	—	$103,500
Median home value	—	$320,100
Median gross rent	$775	$1,006
Housing units	365	342
Homeownership rate	70.9%	61.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.0%	28.6%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cheneyville	Forest Hill
Population	629 → 592 (-5.9%)	782 → 797 (+1.9%)
Median household income	$25,598 → $17,917 (-30.0%)	$30,170 → $103,500 (+243.1%)
Median home value	$86,300 → $74,600 (-13.6%)	$80,000 → $320,100 (+300.1%)
Median gross rent	$578 → $775 (+34.1%)	$756 → $1,006 (+33.1%)

Cheneyville

Population

629592

Median household income

$25,598$17,917

Median home value

$86,300$74,600

Median gross rent

$578$775

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)

	Cheneyville	Forest Hill
Under 5	10.8%	5.1%
5 to 17	7.4%	29.1%
18 to 24	10.8%	7.4%
25 to 34	5.7%	7.8%
35 to 44	7.9%	23.0%
45 to 54	14.7%	15.3%
55 to 64	13.9%	5.0%
65 to 74	13.5%	6.1%
75 and over	15.2%	1.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cheneyville	Forest Hill
White (non-Hispanic)	37.0%	40.7%
Black or African American	49.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	12.7%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	59.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cheneyville	Forest Hill
No high school diploma	11.9%	32.7%
High school graduate	34.3%	28.0%
Some college or associate's	44.8%	10.8%
Bachelor's degree	7.9%	9.5%
Graduate or professional degree	1.2%	19.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cheneyville	Forest Hill
Drove alone	94.4%	75.9%
Carpooled	5.6%	14.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	9.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cheneyville	Forest Hill
1-unit, detached	89.9%	50.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	2.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.8%	47.1%

Poverty & households

	Cheneyville	Forest Hill
Poverty rate	37.5%	12.5%
Average household size	2.10	2.91
Mean commute (minutes)	27	25
Median year structure built	1959	1995