Forest Hills vs Natrona Heights

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

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

Natrona Heights has the higher population (6,955 vs 6,332 in Forest Hills). Forest Hills has the higher median household income ($86,802 vs $71,167 in Natrona Heights). Forest Hills has the higher median home value ($182,200 vs $146,800 in Natrona Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Forest Hills	Natrona Heights
Population	6,332	6,955
Median age	44.7 yrs	48.9 yrs
Median household income	$86,802	$71,167
Median home value	$182,200	$146,800
Median gross rent	$970	$744
Housing units	3,469	3,410
Homeownership rate	73.7%	78.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	60.3%	29.3%
Unemployment rate	8.6%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Forest Hills	Natrona Heights
Population	6,377 → 6,332 (-0.7%)	—
Median household income	$71,709 → $86,802 (+21.0%)	—
Median home value	$130,100 → $182,200 (+40.0%)	—
Median gross rent	$932 → $970 (+4.1%)	—

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

Natrona Heights

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Forest Hills	Natrona Heights
Under 5	8.0%	5.3%
5 to 17	7.3%	11.8%
18 to 24	4.8%	6.6%
25 to 34	16.7%	11.2%
35 to 44	13.6%	11.0%
45 to 54	11.7%	12.9%
55 to 64	14.5%	17.9%
65 to 74	13.8%	12.6%
75 and over	9.7%	10.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Forest Hills	Natrona Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	80.8%	91.6%
Black or African American	9.6%	2.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.8%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	4.9%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Forest Hills	Natrona Heights
No high school diploma	1.2%	2.9%
High school graduate	15.6%	35.1%
Some college or associate's	22.9%	32.6%
Bachelor's degree	36.5%	21.1%
Graduate or professional degree	23.7%	8.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Forest Hills	Natrona Heights
Drove alone	60.4%	77.4%
Carpooled	7.5%	8.7%
Public transit	7.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	23.7%	10.4%
Other means	0.6%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Forest Hills	Natrona Heights
1-unit, detached	73.5%	84.4%
1-unit, attached	6.9%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	9.0%	5.9%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	3.6%
20 or more units	7.7%	4.5%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Forest Hills	Natrona Heights
Poverty rate	4.4%	8.5%
Average household size	1.99	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	28	23
Median year structure built	1950	1955