Forest Hills vs McKees Rocks

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

Forest Hills and McKees Rocks 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 5,827 in McKees Rocks). Forest Hills has the higher median household income ($86,802 vs $33,510 in McKees Rocks). Forest Hills has the higher median home value ($182,200 vs $70,400 in McKees Rocks).

Population, income & housing

	Forest Hills	McKees Rocks
Population	6,332	5,827
Median age	44.7 yrs	43.5 yrs
Median household income	$86,802	$33,510
Median home value	$182,200	$70,400
Median gross rent	$970	$933
Housing units	3,469	3,483
Homeownership rate	73.7%	46.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	60.3%	10.8%
Unemployment rate	8.6%	14.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Forest Hills	McKees Rocks
Population	6,377 → 6,332 (-0.7%)	5,919 → 5,827 (-1.6%)
Median household income	$71,709 → $86,802 (+21.0%)	$26,259 → $33,510 (+27.6%)
Median home value	$130,100 → $182,200 (+40.0%)	$51,800 → $70,400 (+35.9%)
Median gross rent	$932 → $970 (+4.1%)	$694 → $933 (+34.4%)

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

McKees Rocks

Population

5,9195,827

Median household income

$26,259$33,510

Median home value

$51,800$70,400

Median gross rent

$694$933

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Forest Hills	McKees Rocks
Under 5	8.0%	5.1%
5 to 17	7.3%	14.7%
18 to 24	4.8%	3.4%
25 to 34	16.7%	14.0%
35 to 44	13.6%	14.1%
45 to 54	11.7%	10.2%
55 to 64	14.5%	19.0%
65 to 74	13.8%	11.5%
75 and over	9.7%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Forest Hills	McKees Rocks
White (non-Hispanic)	80.8%	57.2%
Black or African American	9.6%	25.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.6%
Asian	0.6%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	6.0%
Two or more races	3.8%	6.6%
Hispanic or Latino	4.9%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Forest Hills	McKees Rocks
No high school diploma	1.2%	6.8%
High school graduate	15.6%	50.1%
Some college or associate's	22.9%	32.4%
Bachelor's degree	36.5%	8.3%
Graduate or professional degree	23.7%	2.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Forest Hills	McKees Rocks
Drove alone	60.4%	66.2%
Carpooled	7.5%	5.8%
Public transit	7.1%	11.0%
Walked	0.7%	8.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	23.7%	7.4%
Other means	0.6%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Forest Hills	McKees Rocks
1-unit, detached	73.5%	55.4%
1-unit, attached	6.9%	16.5%
2 to 4 units	9.0%	12.4%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	7.5%
20 or more units	7.7%	7.0%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Forest Hills	McKees Rocks
Poverty rate	4.4%	33.1%
Average household size	1.99	1.96
Mean commute (minutes)	28	23
Median year structure built	1950	1946