Forest Hills vs Kentwood

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

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

Kentwood has the higher population (54,114 vs 28,494 in Forest Hills). Forest Hills has the higher median household income ($156,618 vs $73,647 in Kentwood). Forest Hills has the higher median home value ($474,800 vs $249,000 in Kentwood).

Population, income & housing

	Forest Hills	Kentwood
Population	28,494	54,114
Median age	43.3 yrs	34.7 yrs
Median household income	$156,618	$73,647
Median home value	$474,800	$249,000
Median gross rent	$1,950	$1,205
Housing units	10,339	22,450
Homeownership rate	94.4%	60.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	71.5%	35.1%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Forest Hills	Kentwood
Population	27,830 → 28,494 (+2.4%)	51,693 → 54,114 (+4.7%)
Median household income	$119,404 → $156,618 (+31.2%)	$54,197 → $73,647 (+35.9%)
Median home value	$347,500 → $474,800 (+36.6%)	$158,700 → $249,000 (+56.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,368 → $1,950 (+42.5%)	$899 → $1,205 (+34.0%)

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

Kentwood

Population

51,69354,114

Median household income

$54,197$73,647

Median home value

$158,700$249,000

Median gross rent

$899$1,205

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Forest Hills	Kentwood
Under 5	6.2%	6.6%
5 to 17	21.8%	17.9%
18 to 24	3.6%	8.3%
25 to 34	6.9%	17.6%
35 to 44	14.4%	13.1%
45 to 54	15.5%	10.9%
55 to 64	14.9%	11.1%
65 to 74	9.2%	8.5%
75 and over	7.5%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Forest Hills	Kentwood
White (non-Hispanic)	87.8%	54.6%
Black or African American	0.6%	19.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	3.8%	9.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.1%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	4.4%	11.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Forest Hills	Kentwood
No high school diploma	2.3%	10.4%
High school graduate	7.2%	24.9%
Some college or associate's	19.0%	29.5%
Bachelor's degree	40.8%	23.7%
Graduate or professional degree	30.7%	11.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Forest Hills	Kentwood
Drove alone	69.5%	79.0%
Carpooled	5.4%	7.0%
Public transit	1.0%	1.3%
Walked	1.3%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.3%
Worked from home	22.2%	10.9%
Other means	0.4%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Forest Hills	Kentwood
1-unit, detached	88.8%	49.8%
1-unit, attached	6.4%	11.3%
2 to 4 units	1.0%	5.3%
5 to 19 units	3.0%	21.3%
20 or more units	0.3%	8.5%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	3.8%

Poverty & households

	Forest Hills	Kentwood
Poverty rate	2.6%	9.4%
Average household size	2.82	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	21	20
Median year structure built	1988	1983