Forest Hills vs Oakmont

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

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

Oakmont has the higher population (6,712 vs 6,332 in Forest Hills). Oakmont has the higher median household income ($89,055 vs $86,802 in Forest Hills). Oakmont has the higher median home value ($317,700 vs $182,200 in Forest Hills).

Population, income & housing

	Forest Hills	Oakmont
Population	6,332	6,712
Median age	44.7 yrs	45.1 yrs
Median household income	$86,802	$89,055
Median home value	$182,200	$317,700
Median gross rent	$970	$1,125
Housing units	3,469	3,606
Homeownership rate	73.7%	58.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	60.3%	57.0%
Unemployment rate	8.6%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Forest Hills	Oakmont
Population	6,377 → 6,332 (-0.7%)	6,480 → 6,712 (+3.6%)
Median household income	$71,709 → $86,802 (+21.0%)	$65,833 → $89,055 (+35.3%)
Median home value	$130,100 → $182,200 (+40.0%)	$206,200 → $317,700 (+54.1%)
Median gross rent	$932 → $970 (+4.1%)	$879 → $1,125 (+28.0%)

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

Oakmont

Population

6,4806,712

Median household income

$65,833$89,055

Median home value

$206,200$317,700

Median gross rent

$879$1,125

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Forest Hills	Oakmont
Under 5	8.0%	4.8%
5 to 17	7.3%	15.2%
18 to 24	4.8%	2.9%
25 to 34	16.7%	10.1%
35 to 44	13.6%	16.7%
45 to 54	11.7%	12.3%
55 to 64	14.5%	13.4%
65 to 74	13.8%	13.7%
75 and over	9.7%	10.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Forest Hills	Oakmont
White (non-Hispanic)	80.8%	93.7%
Black or African American	9.6%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.6%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.8%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	4.9%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Forest Hills	Oakmont
No high school diploma	1.2%	1.5%
High school graduate	15.6%	17.9%
Some college or associate's	22.9%	23.7%
Bachelor's degree	36.5%	30.5%
Graduate or professional degree	23.7%	26.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Forest Hills	Oakmont
Drove alone	60.4%	67.3%
Carpooled	7.5%	6.0%
Public transit	7.1%	0.6%
Walked	0.7%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	23.7%	22.9%
Other means	0.6%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Forest Hills	Oakmont
1-unit, detached	73.5%	50.3%
1-unit, attached	6.9%	15.2%
2 to 4 units	9.0%	14.6%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	11.6%
20 or more units	7.7%	8.2%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Forest Hills	Oakmont
Poverty rate	4.4%	3.9%
Average household size	1.99	1.99
Mean commute (minutes)	28	26
Median year structure built	1950	1963