Forest Hills vs Webster

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

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

Webster has the higher population (501 vs 366 in Forest Hills). Forest Hills has the higher median household income ($86,250 vs $54,444 in Webster). Since 2019, Webster's population has grown faster (+38.4% vs +20.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Forest Hills	Webster
Population	366	501
Median age	48.4 yrs	30.7 yrs
Median household income	$86,250	$54,444
Median home value	—	$330,000
Median gross rent	$853	$800
Housing units	250	203
Homeownership rate	58.9%	61.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	64.2%	54.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Forest Hills	Webster
Population	304 → 366 (+20.4%)	362 → 501 (+38.4%)
Median household income	$69,286 → $86,250 (+24.5%)	$44,375 → $54,444 (+22.7%)
Median home value	—	$300,000 → $330,000 (+10.0%)
Median gross rent	$770 → $853 (+10.8%)	$675 → $800 (+18.5%)

Forest Hills

Population

304366

Median household income

$69,286$86,250

Median gross rent

$770$853

Webster

Population

362501

Median household income

$44,375$54,444

Median home value

$300,000$330,000

Median gross rent

$675$800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Forest Hills	Webster
Under 5	1.1%	10.0%
5 to 17	7.4%	32.3%
18 to 24	24.3%	2.2%
25 to 34	9.3%	10.8%
35 to 44	3.8%	9.6%
45 to 54	17.8%	4.8%
55 to 64	7.4%	13.0%
65 to 74	6.0%	9.4%
75 and over	23.0%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Forest Hills	Webster
White (non-Hispanic)	80.9%	73.7%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	3.2%
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%	6.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.2%	17.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Forest Hills	Webster
No high school diploma	11.0%	3.2%
High school graduate	5.3%	18.0%
Some college or associate's	19.5%	24.8%
Bachelor's degree	17.9%	28.8%
Graduate or professional degree	46.3%	25.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Forest Hills	Webster
Drove alone	74.5%	84.1%
Carpooled	11.0%	3.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.3%	12.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Forest Hills	Webster
1-unit, detached	63.2%	85.7%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	18.0%	11.8%
5 to 19 units	6.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.6%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	10.0%	1.5%

Poverty & households

	Forest Hills	Webster
Poverty rate	24.9%	28.8%
Average household size	1.63	2.91
Mean commute (minutes)	22	20
Median year structure built	1975	1975