Crafton vs Forest Hills

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

Crafton 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 5,995 in Crafton). Forest Hills has the higher median household income ($86,802 vs $71,458 in Crafton). Crafton has the higher median home value ($193,600 vs $182,200 in Forest Hills).

Population, income & housing

	Crafton	Forest Hills
Population	5,995	6,332
Median age	43.6 yrs	44.7 yrs
Median household income	$71,458	$86,802
Median home value	$193,600	$182,200
Median gross rent	$1,006	$970
Housing units	3,323	3,469
Homeownership rate	55.1%	73.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.9%	60.3%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	8.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crafton	Forest Hills
Population	5,838 → 5,995 (+2.7%)	6,377 → 6,332 (-0.7%)
Median household income	$52,449 → $71,458 (+36.2%)	$71,709 → $86,802 (+21.0%)
Median home value	$147,900 → $193,600 (+30.9%)	$130,100 → $182,200 (+40.0%)
Median gross rent	$806 → $1,006 (+24.8%)	$932 → $970 (+4.1%)

Crafton

Population

5,8385,995

Median household income

$52,449$71,458

Median home value

$147,900$193,600

Median gross rent

$806$1,006

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)

	Crafton	Forest Hills
Under 5	4.4%	8.0%
5 to 17	10.0%	7.3%
18 to 24	8.4%	4.8%
25 to 34	16.0%	16.7%
35 to 44	12.7%	13.6%
45 to 54	13.0%	11.7%
55 to 64	15.7%	14.5%
65 to 74	14.2%	13.8%
75 and over	5.6%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crafton	Forest Hills
White (non-Hispanic)	84.5%	80.8%
Black or African American	8.1%	9.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.7%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	4.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crafton	Forest Hills
No high school diploma	4.5%	1.2%
High school graduate	24.7%	15.6%
Some college or associate's	34.9%	22.9%
Bachelor's degree	23.7%	36.5%
Graduate or professional degree	12.3%	23.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crafton	Forest Hills
Drove alone	69.7%	60.4%
Carpooled	3.3%	7.5%
Public transit	7.2%	7.1%
Walked	2.0%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.8%	23.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crafton	Forest Hills
1-unit, detached	46.7%	73.5%
1-unit, attached	7.2%	6.9%
2 to 4 units	28.4%	9.0%
5 to 19 units	11.9%	2.2%
20 or more units	5.7%	7.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Crafton	Forest Hills
Poverty rate	8.4%	4.4%
Average household size	1.93	1.99
Mean commute (minutes)	25	28
Median year structure built	1938	1950