Deville vs Forest Hill

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

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

Deville has the higher population (1,261 vs 797 in Forest Hill). Since 2019, Forest Hill's population has grown faster (+1.9% vs -4.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Deville	Forest Hill
Population	1,261	797
Median age	35.0 yrs	37.1 yrs
Median household income	—	$103,500
Median home value	—	$320,100
Median gross rent	$954	$1,006
Housing units	689	342
Homeownership rate	87.5%	61.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.1%	28.6%
Unemployment rate	12.7%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Deville	Forest Hill
Population	1,314 → 1,261 (-4.0%)	782 → 797 (+1.9%)
Median household income	$51,047 → $45,511 (-10.8%)	$30,170 → $103,500 (+243.1%)
Median home value	$113,700 → $155,600 (+36.9%)	$80,000 → $320,100 (+300.1%)
Median gross rent	$672 → $954 (+42.0%)	$756 → $1,006 (+33.1%)

Deville

Population

1,3141,261

Median household income

$51,047$45,511

Median home value

$113,700$155,600

Median gross rent

$672$954

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)

	Deville	Forest Hill
Under 5	8.3%	5.1%
5 to 17	10.3%	29.1%
18 to 24	9.7%	7.4%
25 to 34	21.7%	7.8%
35 to 44	6.2%	23.0%
45 to 54	2.9%	15.3%
55 to 64	12.8%	5.0%
65 to 74	14.7%	6.1%
75 and over	13.4%	1.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Deville	Forest Hill
White (non-Hispanic)	96.1%	40.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	59.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Deville	Forest Hill
No high school diploma	7.4%	32.7%
High school graduate	49.8%	28.0%
Some college or associate's	31.7%	10.8%
Bachelor's degree	9.3%	9.5%
Graduate or professional degree	1.8%	19.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Deville	Forest Hill
Drove alone	86.3%	75.9%
Carpooled	0.0%	14.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	9.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.7%	0.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Deville	Forest Hill
1-unit, detached	65.6%	50.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	34.4%	47.1%

Poverty & households

	Deville	Forest Hill
Poverty rate	21.4%	12.5%
Average household size	2.05	2.91
Mean commute (minutes)	38	25
Median year structure built	1990	1995