Forest Hills vs Wyoming

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

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

Wyoming has the higher population (76,865 vs 28,494 in Forest Hills). Forest Hills has the higher median household income ($156,618 vs $72,163 in Wyoming). Forest Hills has the higher median home value ($474,800 vs $203,900 in Wyoming).

Population, income & housing

	Forest Hills	Wyoming
Population	28,494	76,865
Median age	43.3 yrs	33.8 yrs
Median household income	$156,618	$72,163
Median home value	$474,800	$203,900
Median gross rent	$1,950	$1,141
Housing units	10,339	30,290
Homeownership rate	94.4%	67.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	71.5%	24.3%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Forest Hills	Wyoming
Population	27,830 → 28,494 (+2.4%)	75,702 → 76,865 (+1.5%)
Median household income	$119,404 → $156,618 (+31.2%)	$54,328 → $72,163 (+32.8%)
Median home value	$347,500 → $474,800 (+36.6%)	$127,700 → $203,900 (+59.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,368 → $1,950 (+42.5%)	$871 → $1,141 (+31.0%)

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

Wyoming

Population

75,70276,865

Median household income

$54,328$72,163

Median home value

$127,700$203,900

Median gross rent

$871$1,141

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Forest Hills	Wyoming
Under 5	6.2%	5.9%
5 to 17	21.8%	17.7%
18 to 24	3.6%	10.1%
25 to 34	6.9%	18.2%
35 to 44	14.4%	13.3%
45 to 54	15.5%	11.8%
55 to 64	14.9%	11.5%
65 to 74	9.2%	7.1%
75 and over	7.5%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Forest Hills	Wyoming
White (non-Hispanic)	87.8%	58.6%
Black or African American	0.6%	9.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	3.8%	2.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.1%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	4.4%	25.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Forest Hills	Wyoming
No high school diploma	2.3%	12.0%
High school graduate	7.2%	30.5%
Some college or associate's	19.0%	33.2%
Bachelor's degree	40.8%	17.7%
Graduate or professional degree	30.7%	6.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Forest Hills	Wyoming
Drove alone	69.5%	74.8%
Carpooled	5.4%	11.9%
Public transit	1.0%	2.3%
Walked	1.3%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.6%
Worked from home	22.2%	8.8%
Other means	0.4%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Forest Hills	Wyoming
1-unit, detached	88.8%	66.3%
1-unit, attached	6.4%	4.1%
2 to 4 units	1.0%	5.0%
5 to 19 units	3.0%	13.6%
20 or more units	0.3%	8.9%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Forest Hills	Wyoming
Poverty rate	2.6%	10.9%
Average household size	2.82	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	21	21
Median year structure built	1988	1969