Forest Heights vs Little Cypress

A side-by-side comparison of Forest Heights and Little Cypress: population, income, housing, and more.

Forest Heights and Little Cypress are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Little Cypress has the higher population (1,968 vs 1,644 in Forest Heights). Little Cypress has the higher median household income ($87,839 vs $48,523 in Forest Heights). Little Cypress has the higher median home value ($176,000 vs $112,400 in Forest Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Forest Heights	Little Cypress
Population	1,644	1,968
Median age	37.3 yrs	41.5 yrs
Median household income	$48,523	$87,839
Median home value	$112,400	$176,000
Median gross rent	—	$1,042
Housing units	759	899
Homeownership rate	79.7%	85.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.1%	17.6%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	1.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Forest Heights	Little Cypress
Population	1,634 → 1,644 (+0.6%)	1,856 → 1,968 (+6.0%)
Median household income	$47,757 → $48,523 (+1.6%)	$64,073 → $87,839 (+37.1%)
Median home value	$86,000 → $112,400 (+30.7%)	$130,000 → $176,000 (+35.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$808 → $1,042 (+29.0%)

Forest Heights

Population

1,6341,644

Median household income

$47,757$48,523

Median home value

$86,000$112,400

Little Cypress

Population

1,8561,968

Median household income

$64,073$87,839

Median home value

$130,000$176,000

Median gross rent

$808$1,042

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Forest Heights	Little Cypress
Under 5	2.6%	4.5%
5 to 17	29.3%	21.4%
18 to 24	2.1%	5.8%
25 to 34	11.6%	8.3%
35 to 44	15.2%	14.8%
45 to 54	12.3%	12.7%
55 to 64	14.6%	12.9%
65 to 74	8.4%	13.7%
75 and over	4.0%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Forest Heights	Little Cypress
White (non-Hispanic)	93.6%	89.3%
Black or African American	1.1%	4.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Forest Heights	Little Cypress
No high school diploma	8.6%	4.6%
High school graduate	48.9%	34.1%
Some college or associate's	30.5%	43.7%
Bachelor's degree	10.6%	14.1%
Graduate or professional degree	1.5%	3.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Forest Heights	Little Cypress
Drove alone	94.2%	92.7%
Carpooled	0.5%	3.5%
Public transit	0.0%	1.3%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.3%	2.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Forest Heights	Little Cypress
1-unit, detached	58.8%	78.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	40.7%	21.7%

Poverty & households

	Forest Heights	Little Cypress
Poverty rate	29.6%	15.0%
Average household size	2.49	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	24	29
Median year structure built	1987	1980