Forest Heights vs Mauriceville

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

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

Mauriceville has the higher population (2,981 vs 1,644 in Forest Heights). Mauriceville has the higher median household income ($69,306 vs $48,523 in Forest Heights). Mauriceville has the higher median home value ($176,700 vs $112,400 in Forest Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Forest Heights	Mauriceville
Population	1,644	2,981
Median age	37.3 yrs	37.4 yrs
Median household income	$48,523	$69,306
Median home value	$112,400	$176,700
Median gross rent	—	$1,016
Housing units	759	1,199
Homeownership rate	79.7%	67.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.1%	12.7%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	10.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Forest Heights	Mauriceville
Population	1,634 → 1,644 (+0.6%)	3,267 → 2,981 (-8.8%)
Median household income	$47,757 → $48,523 (+1.6%)	$64,846 → $69,306 (+6.9%)
Median home value	$86,000 → $112,400 (+30.7%)	$115,900 → $176,700 (+52.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$825 → $1,016 (+23.2%)

Forest Heights

Population

1,6341,644

Median household income

$47,757$48,523

Median home value

$86,000$112,400

Mauriceville

Population

3,2672,981

Median household income

$64,846$69,306

Median home value

$115,900$176,700

Median gross rent

$825$1,016

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Forest Heights	Mauriceville
Under 5	2.6%	2.5%
5 to 17	29.3%	27.2%
18 to 24	2.1%	9.1%
25 to 34	11.6%	8.7%
35 to 44	15.2%	12.6%
45 to 54	12.3%	10.6%
55 to 64	14.6%	13.9%
65 to 74	8.4%	8.8%
75 and over	4.0%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Forest Heights	Mauriceville
White (non-Hispanic)	93.6%	84.7%
Black or African American	1.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	11.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Forest Heights	Mauriceville
No high school diploma	8.6%	4.3%
High school graduate	48.9%	40.9%
Some college or associate's	30.5%	42.2%
Bachelor's degree	10.6%	4.8%
Graduate or professional degree	1.5%	7.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Forest Heights	Mauriceville
Drove alone	94.2%	96.6%
Carpooled	0.5%	0.4%
Public transit	0.0%	3.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.3%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Forest Heights	Mauriceville
1-unit, detached	58.8%	53.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.3%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	2.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	40.7%	34.3%

Poverty & households

	Forest Heights	Mauriceville
Poverty rate	29.6%	17.4%
Average household size	2.49	2.72
Mean commute (minutes)	24	26
Median year structure built	1987	1993