Forest Heights vs Pine Forest

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

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

Forest Heights has the higher population (1,644 vs 376 in Pine Forest). Pine Forest has the higher median household income ($93,750 vs $48,523 in Forest Heights). Pine Forest has the higher median home value ($119,900 vs $112,400 in Forest Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Forest Heights	Pine Forest
Population	1,644	376
Median age	37.3 yrs	42.5 yrs
Median household income	$48,523	$93,750
Median home value	$112,400	$119,900
Median gross rent	—	$1,153
Housing units	759	192
Homeownership rate	79.7%	85.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.1%	10.3%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Forest Heights	Pine Forest
Population	1,634 → 1,644 (+0.6%)	611 → 376 (-38.5%)
Median household income	$47,757 → $48,523 (+1.6%)	$96,875 → $93,750 (-3.2%)
Median home value	$86,000 → $112,400 (+30.7%)	$110,100 → $119,900 (+8.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,063 → $1,153 (+8.5%)

Forest Heights

Population

1,6341,644

Median household income

$47,757$48,523

Median home value

$86,000$112,400

Pine Forest

Population

611376

Median household income

$96,875$93,750

Median home value

$110,100$119,900

Median gross rent

$1,063$1,153

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Forest Heights	Pine Forest
Under 5	2.6%	2.7%
5 to 17	29.3%	21.8%
18 to 24	2.1%	5.6%
25 to 34	11.6%	11.4%
35 to 44	15.2%	11.4%
45 to 54	12.3%	15.4%
55 to 64	14.6%	19.7%
65 to 74	8.4%	3.2%
75 and over	4.0%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Forest Heights	Pine Forest
White (non-Hispanic)	93.6%	72.9%
Black or African American	1.1%	0.0%
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%	13.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	14.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Forest Heights	Pine Forest
No high school diploma	8.6%	16.7%
High school graduate	48.9%	42.2%
Some college or associate's	30.5%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	10.6%	8.0%
Graduate or professional degree	1.5%	2.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Forest Heights	Pine Forest
Drove alone	94.2%	84.0%
Carpooled	0.5%	14.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.3%	1.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Forest Heights	Pine Forest
1-unit, detached	58.8%	74.5%
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%	25.5%

Poverty & households

	Forest Heights	Pine Forest
Poverty rate	29.6%	7.2%
Average household size	2.49	2.81
Mean commute (minutes)	24	23
Median year structure built	1987	1978