Forest Hills vs Northview

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

Forest Hills and Northview 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 15,225 in Northview). Forest Hills has the higher median household income ($156,618 vs $82,853 in Northview). Forest Hills has the higher median home value ($474,800 vs $262,200 in Northview).

Population, income & housing

	Forest Hills	Northview
Population	28,494	15,225
Median age	43.3 yrs	40.4 yrs
Median household income	$156,618	$82,853
Median home value	$474,800	$262,200
Median gross rent	$1,950	$1,313
Housing units	10,339	6,574
Homeownership rate	94.4%	76.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	71.5%	37.9%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Forest Hills	Northview
Population	27,830 → 28,494 (+2.4%)	15,394 → 15,225 (-1.1%)
Median household income	$119,404 → $156,618 (+31.2%)	$60,829 → $82,853 (+36.2%)
Median home value	$347,500 → $474,800 (+36.6%)	$167,700 → $262,200 (+56.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,368 → $1,950 (+42.5%)	$969 → $1,313 (+35.5%)

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

Northview

Population

15,39415,225

Median household income

$60,829$82,853

Median home value

$167,700$262,200

Median gross rent

$969$1,313

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Forest Hills	Northview
Under 5	6.2%	5.2%
5 to 17	21.8%	15.4%
18 to 24	3.6%	6.5%
25 to 34	6.9%	14.8%
35 to 44	14.4%	13.1%
45 to 54	15.5%	10.4%
55 to 64	14.9%	13.8%
65 to 74	9.2%	11.5%
75 and over	7.5%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Forest Hills	Northview
White (non-Hispanic)	87.8%	87.2%
Black or African American	0.6%	3.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	3.8%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.1%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.1%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	4.4%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Forest Hills	Northview
No high school diploma	2.3%	4.0%
High school graduate	7.2%	26.0%
Some college or associate's	19.0%	32.1%
Bachelor's degree	40.8%	25.5%
Graduate or professional degree	30.7%	12.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Forest Hills	Northview
Drove alone	69.5%	80.4%
Carpooled	5.4%	5.6%
Public transit	1.0%	0.7%
Walked	1.3%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.2%
Worked from home	22.2%	12.2%
Other means	0.4%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Forest Hills	Northview
1-unit, detached	88.8%	69.1%
1-unit, attached	6.4%	13.7%
2 to 4 units	1.0%	4.8%
5 to 19 units	3.0%	6.9%
20 or more units	0.3%	4.1%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Forest Hills	Northview
Poverty rate	2.6%	6.5%
Average household size	2.82	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	21	19
Median year structure built	1988	1977