Clairton vs Forest Hills

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

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

Forest Hills has the higher population (6,332 vs 6,105 in Clairton). Forest Hills has the higher median household income ($86,802 vs $39,884 in Clairton). Forest Hills has the higher median home value ($182,200 vs $59,100 in Clairton).

Population, income & housing

	Clairton	Forest Hills
Population	6,105	6,332
Median age	40.5 yrs	44.7 yrs
Median household income	$39,884	$86,802
Median home value	$59,100	$182,200
Median gross rent	$932	$970
Housing units	3,496	3,469
Homeownership rate	59.8%	73.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.0%	60.3%
Unemployment rate	9.5%	8.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clairton	Forest Hills
Population	6,619 → 6,105 (-7.8%)	6,377 → 6,332 (-0.7%)
Median household income	$37,282 → $39,884 (+7.0%)	$71,709 → $86,802 (+21.0%)
Median home value	$43,200 → $59,100 (+36.8%)	$130,100 → $182,200 (+40.0%)
Median gross rent	$830 → $932 (+12.3%)	$932 → $970 (+4.1%)

Clairton

Population

6,6196,105

Median household income

$37,282$39,884

Median home value

$43,200$59,100

Median gross rent

$830$932

Forest Hills

Population

6,3776,332

Median household income

$71,709$86,802

Median home value

$130,100$182,200

Median gross rent

$932$970

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clairton	Forest Hills
Under 5	6.7%	8.0%
5 to 17	18.2%	7.3%
18 to 24	5.5%	4.8%
25 to 34	13.5%	16.7%
35 to 44	12.2%	13.6%
45 to 54	7.0%	11.7%
55 to 64	13.7%	14.5%
65 to 74	12.8%	13.8%
75 and over	10.3%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clairton	Forest Hills
White (non-Hispanic)	46.9%	80.8%
Black or African American	44.7%	9.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	5.9%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	4.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clairton	Forest Hills
No high school diploma	8.1%	1.2%
High school graduate	35.8%	15.6%
Some college or associate's	32.1%	22.9%
Bachelor's degree	16.5%	36.5%
Graduate or professional degree	7.4%	23.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clairton	Forest Hills
Drove alone	71.1%	60.4%
Carpooled	11.5%	7.5%
Public transit	3.9%	7.1%
Walked	0.0%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.4%	23.7%
Other means	0.2%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clairton	Forest Hills
1-unit, detached	57.8%	73.5%
1-unit, attached	18.3%	6.9%
2 to 4 units	11.0%	9.0%
5 to 19 units	7.7%	2.2%
20 or more units	3.1%	7.7%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Clairton	Forest Hills
Poverty rate	29.9%	4.4%
Average household size	2.30	1.99
Mean commute (minutes)	31	28
Median year structure built	1942	1950