Dillsboro vs Forest Hills

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

Dillsboro 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.

Forest Hills has the higher population (366 vs 215 in Dillsboro). Forest Hills has the higher median household income ($86,250 vs $45,833 in Dillsboro). Since 2019, Forest Hills's population has grown faster (+20.4% vs +0.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Dillsboro	Forest Hills
Population	215	366
Median age	47.2 yrs	48.4 yrs
Median household income	$45,833	$86,250
Median home value	$225,000	—
Median gross rent	$783	$853
Housing units	162	250
Homeownership rate	33.6%	58.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.4%	64.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dillsboro	Forest Hills
Population	213 → 215 (+0.9%)	304 → 366 (+20.4%)
Median household income	$36,250 → $45,833 (+26.4%)	$69,286 → $86,250 (+24.5%)
Median home value	$182,400 → $225,000 (+23.4%)	—
Median gross rent	$730 → $783 (+7.3%)	$770 → $853 (+10.8%)

Dillsboro

Population

213215

Median household income

$36,250$45,833

Median home value

$182,400$225,000

Median gross rent

$730$783

Forest Hills

Population

304366

Median household income

$69,286$86,250

Median gross rent

$770$853

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dillsboro	Forest Hills
Under 5	1.9%	1.1%
5 to 17	11.2%	7.4%
18 to 24	5.6%	24.3%
25 to 34	16.7%	9.3%
35 to 44	14.0%	3.8%
45 to 54	9.3%	17.8%
55 to 64	13.0%	7.4%
65 to 74	16.3%	6.0%
75 and over	12.1%	23.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dillsboro	Forest Hills
White (non-Hispanic)	73.5%	80.9%
Black or African American	7.0%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	4.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.8%
Some other race	0.9%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.5%	12.8%
Hispanic or Latino	7.9%	5.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dillsboro	Forest Hills
No high school diploma	2.9%	11.0%
High school graduate	21.1%	5.3%
Some college or associate's	40.6%	19.5%
Bachelor's degree	16.0%	17.9%
Graduate or professional degree	19.4%	46.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dillsboro	Forest Hills
Drove alone	84.8%	74.5%
Carpooled	7.1%	11.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	4.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.4%	10.3%
Other means	2.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dillsboro	Forest Hills
1-unit, detached	50.0%	63.2%
1-unit, attached	8.6%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	15.4%	18.0%
5 to 19 units	8.0%	6.0%
20 or more units	16.0%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	1.9%	10.0%

Poverty & households

	Dillsboro	Forest Hills
Poverty rate	18.6%	24.9%
Average household size	1.76	1.63
Mean commute (minutes)	18	22
Median year structure built	1993	1975