Forest Hills vs Nashville

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

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

Nashville has the higher population (684,298 vs 4,802 in Forest Hills). Forest Hills has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $75,197 in Nashville). Forest Hills has the higher median home value ($1,142,200 vs $383,100 in Nashville).

Population, income & housing

	Forest Hills	Nashville
Population	4,802	684,298
Median age	49.4 yrs	34.4 yrs
Median household income	$250,001	$75,197
Median home value	$1,142,200	$383,100
Median gross rent	—	$1,486
Housing units	1,938	333,074
Homeownership rate	98.5%	53.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	77.6%	46.9%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Forest Hills	Nashville
Population	4,939 → 4,802 (-2.8%)	663,750 → 684,298 (+3.1%)
Median household income	$203,056 → $250,001 (+23.1%)	$59,828 → $75,197 (+25.7%)
Median home value	$853,000 → $1,142,200 (+33.9%)	$239,000 → $383,100 (+60.3%)
Median gross rent	$3,234 → $3,501 (+8.3%)	$1,100 → $1,486 (+35.1%)

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

Nashville

Population

663,750684,298

Median household income

$59,828$75,197

Median home value

$239,000$383,100

Median gross rent

$1,100$1,486

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Forest Hills	Nashville
Under 5	8.2%	6.6%
5 to 17	13.7%	14.3%
18 to 24	5.2%	9.7%
25 to 34	7.9%	20.4%
35 to 44	8.1%	14.5%
45 to 54	15.2%	11.2%
55 to 64	17.8%	10.9%
65 to 74	13.6%	7.9%
75 and over	10.2%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Forest Hills	Nashville
White (non-Hispanic)	85.8%	52.9%
Black or African American	0.2%	25.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	1.0%	3.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	2.5%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	10.5%	13.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Forest Hills	Nashville
No high school diploma	2.8%	9.8%
High school graduate	6.3%	20.2%
Some college or associate's	13.3%	23.1%
Bachelor's degree	43.2%	29.1%
Graduate or professional degree	34.4%	17.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Forest Hills	Nashville
Drove alone	72.2%	68.1%
Carpooled	2.2%	8.3%
Public transit	0.0%	1.7%
Walked	0.4%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	24.5%	18.3%
Other means	0.8%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Forest Hills	Nashville
1-unit, detached	98.4%	49.8%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	9.1%
2 to 4 units	0.3%	7.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	14.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	18.3%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Forest Hills	Nashville
Poverty rate	6.0%	14.1%
Average household size	2.64	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	18	25
Median year structure built	1970	1985