Cullowhee vs Forest Hills

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

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

Cullowhee has the higher population (7,300 vs 366 in Forest Hills). Forest Hills has the higher median household income ($86,250 vs $35,076 in Cullowhee). Since 2019, Forest Hills's population has grown faster (+20.4% vs +14.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Cullowhee	Forest Hills
Population	7,300	366
Median age	20.9 yrs	48.4 yrs
Median household income	$35,076	$86,250
Median gross rent	$836	$853
Housing units	2,267	250
Homeownership rate	7.7%	58.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.4%	64.2%
Unemployment rate	13.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cullowhee	Forest Hills
Population	6,377 → 7,300 (+14.5%)	304 → 366 (+20.4%)
Median household income	$31,993 → $35,076 (+9.6%)	$69,286 → $86,250 (+24.5%)
Median home value	$230,300 → $376,600 (+63.5%)	—
Median gross rent	$658 → $836 (+27.1%)	$770 → $853 (+10.8%)

Cullowhee

Population

6,3777,300

Median household income

$31,993$35,076

Median home value

$230,300$376,600

Median gross rent

$658$836

Forest Hills

Population

304366

Median household income

$69,286$86,250

Median gross rent

$770$853

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cullowhee	Forest Hills
Under 5	0.4%	1.1%
5 to 17	4.1%	7.4%
18 to 24	77.2%	24.3%
25 to 34	9.2%	9.3%
35 to 44	2.6%	3.8%
45 to 54	1.2%	17.8%
55 to 64	3.8%	7.4%
65 to 74	1.0%	6.0%
75 and over	0.6%	23.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cullowhee	Forest Hills
White (non-Hispanic)	77.9%	80.9%
Black or African American	7.4%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.8%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	12.8%
Hispanic or Latino	10.5%	5.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cullowhee	Forest Hills
No high school diploma	6.8%	11.0%
High school graduate	36.6%	5.3%
Some college or associate's	27.2%	19.5%
Bachelor's degree	17.6%	17.9%
Graduate or professional degree	11.8%	46.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cullowhee	Forest Hills
Drove alone	70.6%	74.5%
Carpooled	4.1%	11.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	15.8%	4.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.4%	10.3%
Other means	3.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cullowhee	Forest Hills
1-unit, detached	12.8%	63.2%
1-unit, attached	3.8%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	13.1%	18.0%
5 to 19 units	30.3%	6.0%
20 or more units	32.2%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	7.8%	10.0%

Poverty & households

	Cullowhee	Forest Hills
Poverty rate	51.3%	24.9%
Average household size	1.97	1.63
Mean commute (minutes)	19	22
Median year structure built	2004	1975