Belle Meade vs Forest Hills

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

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

Forest Hills has the higher population (4,802 vs 2,824 in Belle Meade). Both have a median household income of $250,001. Belle Meade has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $1,142,200 in Forest Hills).

Population, income & housing

	Belle Meade	Forest Hills
Population	2,824	4,802
Median age	45.0 yrs	49.4 yrs
Median household income	$250,001	$250,001
Median home value	$2,000,001	$1,142,200
Median gross rent	$3,501	—
Housing units	980	1,938
Homeownership rate	97.7%	98.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	89.0%	77.6%
Unemployment rate	0.8%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belle Meade	Forest Hills
Population	2,280 → 2,824 (+23.9%)	4,939 → 4,802 (-2.8%)
Median household income	$250,001 → $250,001 (+0.0%)	$203,056 → $250,001 (+23.1%)
Median home value	$1,524,400 → $2,000,001 (+31.2%)	$853,000 → $1,142,200 (+33.9%)
Median gross rent	$2,828 → $3,501 (+23.8%)	$3,234 → $3,501 (+8.3%)

Belle Meade

Population

2,2802,824

Median household income

$250,001$250,001

Median home value

$1,524,400$2,000,001

Median gross rent

$2,828$3,501

Forest Hills

Population

4,9394,802

Median household income

$203,056$250,001

Median home value

$853,000$1,142,200

Median gross rent

$3,234$3,501

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belle Meade	Forest Hills
Under 5	4.7%	8.2%
5 to 17	22.0%	13.7%
18 to 24	8.7%	5.2%
25 to 34	3.9%	7.9%
35 to 44	10.7%	8.1%
45 to 54	14.5%	15.2%
55 to 64	16.0%	17.8%
65 to 74	10.9%	13.6%
75 and over	8.5%	10.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belle Meade	Forest Hills
White (non-Hispanic)	93.9%	85.8%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.5%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	10.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belle Meade	Forest Hills
No high school diploma	0.0%	2.8%
High school graduate	5.4%	6.3%
Some college or associate's	5.6%	13.3%
Bachelor's degree	42.2%	43.2%
Graduate or professional degree	46.8%	34.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belle Meade	Forest Hills
Drove alone	74.7%	72.2%
Carpooled	0.9%	2.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	23.4%	24.5%
Other means	1.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belle Meade	Forest Hills
1-unit, detached	95.0%	98.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	1.2%	0.3%
5 to 19 units	3.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Belle Meade	Forest Hills
Poverty rate	1.5%	6.0%
Average household size	3.05	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	18	18
Median year structure built	1953	1970