Forest Hill vs McNary

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

Forest Hill and McNary 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 266 in McNary). Forest Hill has the higher median household income ($103,500 vs $51,500 in McNary). Forest Hill has the higher median home value ($320,100 vs $118,300 in McNary).

Population, income & housing

	Forest Hill	McNary
Population	797	266
Median age	37.1 yrs	30.8 yrs
Median household income	$103,500	$51,500
Median home value	$320,100	$118,300
Median gross rent	$1,006	—
Housing units	342	120
Homeownership rate	61.7%	86.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.6%	11.6%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Forest Hill	McNary
Population	782 → 797 (+1.9%)	170 → 266 (+56.5%)
Median household income	$30,170 → $103,500 (+243.1%)	$56,042 → $51,500 (-8.1%)
Median home value	$80,000 → $320,100 (+300.1%)	$75,300 → $118,300 (+57.1%)
Median gross rent	$756 → $1,006 (+33.1%)	—

Forest Hill

Population

782797

Median household income

$30,170$103,500

Median home value

$80,000$320,100

Median gross rent

$756$1,006

McNary

Population

170266

Median household income

$56,042$51,500

Median home value

$75,300$118,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Forest Hill	McNary
Under 5	5.1%	5.3%
5 to 17	29.1%	33.1%
18 to 24	7.4%	3.4%
25 to 34	7.8%	9.8%
35 to 44	23.0%	20.7%
45 to 54	15.3%	5.3%
55 to 64	5.0%	4.5%
65 to 74	6.1%	10.9%
75 and over	1.1%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Forest Hill	McNary
White (non-Hispanic)	40.7%	89.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	5.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.5%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	1.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	59.3%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Forest Hill	McNary
No high school diploma	32.7%	11.6%
High school graduate	28.0%	55.5%
Some college or associate's	10.8%	21.3%
Bachelor's degree	9.5%	7.1%
Graduate or professional degree	19.1%	4.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Forest Hill	McNary
Drove alone	75.9%	86.5%
Carpooled	14.2%	5.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	9.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.8%	8.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Forest Hill	McNary
1-unit, detached	50.6%	64.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	47.1%	35.8%

Poverty & households

	Forest Hill	McNary
Poverty rate	12.5%	11.7%
Average household size	2.91	3.07
Mean commute (minutes)	25	24
Median year structure built	1995	1982