Forest Heights vs Konterra

A side-by-side comparison of Forest Heights and Konterra: population, income, housing, and more.

Forest Heights and Konterra are places in Maryland. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Konterra has the higher population (3,212 vs 2,619 in Forest Heights). Konterra has the higher median household income ($144,750 vs $96,434 in Forest Heights). Konterra has the higher median home value ($512,500 vs $346,800 in Forest Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Forest Heights	Konterra
Population	2,619	3,212
Median age	39.7 yrs	51.2 yrs
Median household income	$96,434	$144,750
Median home value	$346,800	$512,500
Median gross rent	$2,154	$2,807
Housing units	875	1,306
Homeownership rate	90.8%	88.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.1%	50.2%
Unemployment rate	13.1%	7.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Forest Heights	Konterra
Population	2,565 → 2,619 (+2.1%)	2,536 → 3,212 (+26.7%)
Median household income	$83,611 → $96,434 (+15.3%)	$98,056 → $144,750 (+47.6%)
Median home value	$219,700 → $346,800 (+57.9%)	$360,400 → $512,500 (+42.2%)
Median gross rent	$2,138 → $2,154 (+0.7%)	$2,432 → $2,807 (+15.4%)

Forest Heights

Population

2,5652,619

Median household income

$83,611$96,434

Median home value

$219,700$346,800

Median gross rent

$2,138$2,154

Konterra

Population

2,5363,212

Median household income

$98,056$144,750

Median home value

$360,400$512,500

Median gross rent

$2,432$2,807

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Forest Heights	Konterra
Under 5	3.0%	8.9%
5 to 17	20.2%	8.3%
18 to 24	7.4%	4.6%
25 to 34	9.3%	8.3%
35 to 44	14.9%	8.1%
45 to 54	11.3%	17.5%
55 to 64	14.0%	15.1%
65 to 74	11.3%	12.2%
75 and over	8.7%	17.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Forest Heights	Konterra
White (non-Hispanic)	13.7%	12.8%
Black or African American	48.6%	65.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.0%
Asian	2.8%	14.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.0%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	32.0%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Forest Heights	Konterra
No high school diploma	25.5%	13.4%
High school graduate	22.2%	24.4%
Some college or associate's	31.1%	12.1%
Bachelor's degree	15.1%	23.2%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	27.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Forest Heights	Konterra
Drove alone	66.6%	70.5%
Carpooled	12.8%	6.8%
Public transit	2.6%	1.5%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.9%	21.1%
Other means	4.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Forest Heights	Konterra
1-unit, detached	77.6%	44.4%
1-unit, attached	22.4%	36.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	15.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Forest Heights	Konterra
Poverty rate	6.1%	7.8%
Average household size	3.19	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	33	37
Median year structure built	1954	2004