Forest Hills vs Oak Hill

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

Forest Hills and Oak Hill 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 4,690 in Oak Hill). Forest Hills has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $202,614 in Oak Hill). Forest Hills has the higher median home value ($1,142,200 vs $1,085,100 in Oak Hill).

Population, income & housing

	Forest Hills	Oak Hill
Population	4,802	4,690
Median age	49.4 yrs	46.3 yrs
Median household income	$250,001	$202,614
Median home value	$1,142,200	$1,085,100
Median gross rent	—	$2,170
Housing units	1,938	1,939
Homeownership rate	98.5%	95.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	77.6%	80.4%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Forest Hills	Oak Hill
Population	4,939 → 4,802 (-2.8%)	4,587 → 4,690 (+2.2%)
Median household income	$203,056 → $250,001 (+23.1%)	$171,500 → $202,614 (+18.1%)
Median home value	$853,000 → $1,142,200 (+33.9%)	$694,100 → $1,085,100 (+56.3%)
Median gross rent	$3,234 → $3,501 (+8.3%)	$2,059 → $2,170 (+5.4%)

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

Oak Hill

Population

4,5874,690

Median household income

$171,500$202,614

Median home value

$694,100$1,085,100

Median gross rent

$2,059$2,170

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Forest Hills	Oak Hill
Under 5	8.2%	8.0%
5 to 17	13.7%	15.1%
18 to 24	5.2%	2.8%
25 to 34	7.9%	7.4%
35 to 44	8.1%	14.2%
45 to 54	15.2%	15.5%
55 to 64	17.8%	12.0%
65 to 74	13.6%	17.4%
75 and over	10.2%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Forest Hills	Oak Hill
White (non-Hispanic)	85.8%	90.0%
Black or African American	0.2%	3.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	2.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.5%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	10.5%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Forest Hills	Oak Hill
No high school diploma	2.8%	1.9%
High school graduate	6.3%	3.3%
Some college or associate's	13.3%	14.4%
Bachelor's degree	43.2%	43.6%
Graduate or professional degree	34.4%	36.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Forest Hills	Oak Hill
Drove alone	72.2%	75.1%
Carpooled	2.2%	4.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	24.5%	20.4%
Other means	0.8%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Forest Hills	Oak Hill
1-unit, detached	98.4%	98.3%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	0.3%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Forest Hills	Oak Hill
Poverty rate	6.0%	0.7%
Average household size	2.64	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	18	21
Median year structure built	1970	1958