Forest Hills vs Grandville

A side-by-side comparison of Forest Hills and Grandville: population, income, housing, and more.

Forest Hills and Grandville are places in Michigan. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Forest Hills has the higher population (28,494 vs 16,135 in Grandville). Forest Hills has the higher median household income ($156,618 vs $78,551 in Grandville). Forest Hills has the higher median home value ($474,800 vs $251,100 in Grandville).

Population, income & housing

	Forest Hills	Grandville
Population	28,494	16,135
Median age	43.3 yrs	34.4 yrs
Median household income	$156,618	$78,551
Median home value	$474,800	$251,100
Median gross rent	$1,950	$1,112
Housing units	10,339	6,719
Homeownership rate	94.4%	70.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	71.5%	41.0%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Forest Hills	Grandville
Population	27,830 → 28,494 (+2.4%)	15,942 → 16,135 (+1.2%)
Median household income	$119,404 → $156,618 (+31.2%)	$62,827 → $78,551 (+25.0%)
Median home value	$347,500 → $474,800 (+36.6%)	$161,800 → $251,100 (+55.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,368 → $1,950 (+42.5%)	$818 → $1,112 (+35.9%)

Forest Hills

Population

27,83028,494

Median household income

$119,404$156,618

Median home value

$347,500$474,800

Median gross rent

$1,368$1,950

Grandville

Population

15,94216,135

Median household income

$62,827$78,551

Median home value

$161,800$251,100

Median gross rent

$818$1,112

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Forest Hills	Grandville
Under 5	6.2%	6.4%
5 to 17	21.8%	15.5%
18 to 24	3.6%	9.9%
25 to 34	6.9%	19.8%
35 to 44	14.4%	11.2%
45 to 54	15.5%	8.6%
55 to 64	14.9%	12.7%
65 to 74	9.2%	10.4%
75 and over	7.5%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Forest Hills	Grandville
White (non-Hispanic)	87.8%	81.4%
Black or African American	0.6%	5.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	3.8%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.1%	5.2%
Hispanic or Latino	4.4%	5.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Forest Hills	Grandville
No high school diploma	2.3%	4.3%
High school graduate	7.2%	20.2%
Some college or associate's	19.0%	34.6%
Bachelor's degree	40.8%	26.7%
Graduate or professional degree	30.7%	14.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Forest Hills	Grandville
Drove alone	69.5%	82.2%
Carpooled	5.4%	5.5%
Public transit	1.0%	0.6%
Walked	1.3%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.1%
Worked from home	22.2%	10.6%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Forest Hills	Grandville
1-unit, detached	88.8%	63.4%
1-unit, attached	6.4%	9.2%
2 to 4 units	1.0%	6.0%
5 to 19 units	3.0%	12.1%
20 or more units	0.3%	9.3%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Forest Hills	Grandville
Poverty rate	2.6%	6.4%
Average household size	2.82	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	21	18
Median year structure built	1988	1977