Forest Hills vs Walker

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

Forest Hills and Walker 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 25,201 in Walker). Forest Hills has the higher median household income ($156,618 vs $73,835 in Walker). Forest Hills has the higher median home value ($474,800 vs $266,400 in Walker).

Population, income & housing

	Forest Hills	Walker
Population	28,494	25,201
Median age	43.3 yrs	36.3 yrs
Median household income	$156,618	$73,835
Median home value	$474,800	$266,400
Median gross rent	$1,950	$1,121
Housing units	10,339	10,634
Homeownership rate	94.4%	64.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	71.5%	36.5%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Forest Hills	Walker
Population	27,830 → 28,494 (+2.4%)	24,816 → 25,201 (+1.6%)
Median household income	$119,404 → $156,618 (+31.2%)	$65,170 → $73,835 (+13.3%)
Median home value	$347,500 → $474,800 (+36.6%)	$174,700 → $266,400 (+52.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,368 → $1,950 (+42.5%)	$850 → $1,121 (+31.9%)

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

Walker

Population

24,81625,201

Median household income

$65,170$73,835

Median home value

$174,700$266,400

Median gross rent

$850$1,121

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Forest Hills	Walker
Under 5	6.2%	5.8%
5 to 17	21.8%	15.6%
18 to 24	3.6%	8.9%
25 to 34	6.9%	18.4%
35 to 44	14.4%	11.6%
45 to 54	15.5%	9.7%
55 to 64	14.9%	12.2%
65 to 74	9.2%	10.3%
75 and over	7.5%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Forest Hills	Walker
White (non-Hispanic)	87.8%	84.3%
Black or African American	0.6%	2.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	3.8%	3.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	1.3%
Two or more races	3.1%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	4.4%	5.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Forest Hills	Walker
No high school diploma	2.3%	3.8%
High school graduate	7.2%	27.7%
Some college or associate's	19.0%	32.0%
Bachelor's degree	40.8%	24.4%
Graduate or professional degree	30.7%	12.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Forest Hills	Walker
Drove alone	69.5%	78.4%
Carpooled	5.4%	11.2%
Public transit	1.0%	0.8%
Walked	1.3%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	22.2%	8.4%
Other means	0.4%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Forest Hills	Walker
1-unit, detached	88.8%	57.2%
1-unit, attached	6.4%	7.1%
2 to 4 units	1.0%	3.9%
5 to 19 units	3.0%	18.9%
20 or more units	0.3%	9.3%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	3.7%

Poverty & households

	Forest Hills	Walker
Poverty rate	2.6%	7.7%
Average household size	2.82	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	21	19
Median year structure built	1988	1984