Echo vs Forest Hill

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

Echo 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 490 in Echo). Echo has the higher median household income ($124,145 vs $103,500 in Forest Hill). Echo has the higher median home value ($372,400 vs $320,100 in Forest Hill).

Population, income & housing

	Echo	Forest Hill
Population	490	797
Median age	27.3 yrs	37.1 yrs
Median household income	$124,145	$103,500
Median home value	$372,400	$320,100
Median gross rent	—	$1,006
Housing units	157	342
Homeownership rate	68.7%	61.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	28.6%
Unemployment rate	9.6%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Echo	Forest Hill
Population	275 → 490 (+78.2%)	782 → 797 (+1.9%)
Median household income	$24,091 → $124,145 (+415.3%)	$30,170 → $103,500 (+243.1%)
Median home value	$120,300 → $372,400 (+209.6%)	$80,000 → $320,100 (+300.1%)
Median gross rent	—	$756 → $1,006 (+33.1%)

Echo

Population

275490

Median household income

$24,091$124,145

Median home value

$120,300$372,400

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)

	Echo	Forest Hill
Under 5	7.6%	5.1%
5 to 17	33.7%	29.1%
18 to 24	5.7%	7.4%
25 to 34	20.2%	7.8%
35 to 44	11.6%	23.0%
45 to 54	17.8%	15.3%
55 to 64	0.0%	5.0%
65 to 74	3.5%	6.1%
75 and over	0.0%	1.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Echo	Forest Hill
White (non-Hispanic)	45.1%	40.7%
Black or African American	42.7%	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	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	12.2%	59.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Echo	Forest Hill
No high school diploma	0.0%	32.7%
High school graduate	90.4%	28.0%
Some college or associate's	9.6%	10.8%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	9.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	19.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Echo	Forest Hill
Drove alone	100.0%	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	0.0%	0.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Echo	Forest Hill
1-unit, detached	69.4%	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	30.6%	47.1%

Poverty & households

	Echo	Forest Hill
Poverty rate	26.9%	12.5%
Average household size	3.66	2.91
Mean commute (minutes)	24	25
Median year structure built	2005	1995