Forest Hills vs Glenville

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

Forest Hills and Glenville 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 130 in Glenville). Since 2019, Glenville's population has grown faster (+202.3% vs +20.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Forest Hills	Glenville
Population	366	130
Median age	48.4 yrs	67.1 yrs
Median household income	$86,250	—
Median gross rent	$853	—
Housing units	250	238
Homeownership rate	58.9%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	64.2%	36.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Forest Hills	Glenville
Population	304 → 366 (+20.4%)	43 → 130 (+202.3%)
Median household income	$69,286 → $86,250 (+24.5%)	$40,809 → $92,667 (+127.1%)
Median home value	—	$341,300 → $456,500 (+33.8%)
Median gross rent	$770 → $853 (+10.8%)	—

Forest Hills

Population

304366

Median household income

$69,286$86,250

Median gross rent

$770$853

Glenville

Population

43130

Median household income

$40,809$92,667

Median home value

$341,300$456,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Forest Hills	Glenville
Under 5	1.1%	0.0%
5 to 17	7.4%	0.0%
18 to 24	24.3%	0.0%
25 to 34	9.3%	0.0%
35 to 44	3.8%	0.0%
45 to 54	17.8%	17.7%
55 to 64	7.4%	23.1%
65 to 74	6.0%	36.2%
75 and over	23.0%	23.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Forest Hills	Glenville
White (non-Hispanic)	80.9%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.8%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	12.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Forest Hills	Glenville
No high school diploma	11.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	5.3%	0.0%
Some college or associate's	19.5%	63.8%
Bachelor's degree	17.9%	10.8%
Graduate or professional degree	46.3%	25.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Forest Hills	Glenville
Drove alone	74.5%	25.6%
Carpooled	11.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.3%	74.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Forest Hills	Glenville
1-unit, detached	63.2%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	18.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	6.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Forest Hills	Glenville
Poverty rate	24.9%	25.4%
Average household size	1.63	2.13
Mean commute (minutes)	22	—
Median year structure built	1975	1995