Forest Hills vs Goodlettsville

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

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

Goodlettsville has the higher population (17,598 vs 4,802 in Forest Hills). Forest Hills has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $65,898 in Goodlettsville). Forest Hills has the higher median home value ($1,142,200 vs $355,000 in Goodlettsville).

Population, income & housing

	Forest Hills	Goodlettsville
Population	4,802	17,598
Median age	49.4 yrs	38.4 yrs
Median household income	$250,001	$65,898
Median home value	$1,142,200	$355,000
Median gross rent	—	$1,370
Housing units	1,938	7,923
Homeownership rate	98.5%	63.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	77.6%	32.7%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Forest Hills	Goodlettsville
Population	4,939 → 4,802 (-2.8%)	16,870 → 17,598 (+4.3%)
Median household income	$203,056 → $250,001 (+23.1%)	$60,268 → $65,898 (+9.3%)
Median home value	$853,000 → $1,142,200 (+33.9%)	$218,800 → $355,000 (+62.2%)
Median gross rent	$3,234 → $3,501 (+8.3%)	$1,091 → $1,370 (+25.6%)

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

Goodlettsville

Population

16,87017,598

Median household income

$60,268$65,898

Median home value

$218,800$355,000

Median gross rent

$1,091$1,370

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Forest Hills	Goodlettsville
Under 5	8.2%	6.6%
5 to 17	13.7%	15.2%
18 to 24	5.2%	7.7%
25 to 34	7.9%	14.7%
35 to 44	8.1%	15.2%
45 to 54	15.2%	11.1%
55 to 64	17.8%	13.2%
65 to 74	13.6%	9.3%
75 and over	10.2%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Forest Hills	Goodlettsville
White (non-Hispanic)	85.8%	54.0%
Black or African American	0.2%	25.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	1.0%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	2.5%	7.5%
Hispanic or Latino	10.5%	9.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Forest Hills	Goodlettsville
No high school diploma	2.8%	10.1%
High school graduate	6.3%	27.8%
Some college or associate's	13.3%	29.3%
Bachelor's degree	43.2%	20.6%
Graduate or professional degree	34.4%	12.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Forest Hills	Goodlettsville
Drove alone	72.2%	74.3%
Carpooled	2.2%	7.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	24.5%	14.6%
Other means	0.8%	2.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Forest Hills	Goodlettsville
1-unit, detached	98.4%	55.3%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	9.9%
2 to 4 units	0.3%	3.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	19.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	8.1%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	3.8%

Poverty & households

	Forest Hills	Goodlettsville
Poverty rate	6.0%	9.6%
Average household size	2.64	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	18	27
Median year structure built	1970	1990