Forest Heights vs Pinehurst

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

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

Pinehurst has the higher population (2,213 vs 1,644 in Forest Heights). Forest Heights has the higher median household income ($48,523 vs $45,859 in Pinehurst). Pinehurst has the higher median home value ($142,900 vs $112,400 in Forest Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Forest Heights	Pinehurst
Population	1,644	2,213
Median age	37.3 yrs	45.1 yrs
Median household income	$48,523	$45,859
Median home value	$112,400	$142,900
Median gross rent	—	$931
Housing units	759	1,060
Homeownership rate	79.7%	62.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.1%	9.5%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Forest Heights	Pinehurst
Population	1,634 → 1,644 (+0.6%)	2,380 → 2,213 (-7.0%)
Median household income	$47,757 → $48,523 (+1.6%)	$49,205 → $45,859 (-6.8%)
Median home value	$86,000 → $112,400 (+30.7%)	$84,800 → $142,900 (+68.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$858 → $931 (+8.5%)

Forest Heights

Population

1,6341,644

Median household income

$47,757$48,523

Median home value

$86,000$112,400

Pinehurst

Population

2,3802,213

Median household income

$49,205$45,859

Median home value

$84,800$142,900

Median gross rent

$858$931

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Forest Heights	Pinehurst
Under 5	2.6%	6.5%
5 to 17	29.3%	10.9%
18 to 24	2.1%	11.7%
25 to 34	11.6%	7.8%
35 to 44	15.2%	13.0%
45 to 54	12.3%	12.5%
55 to 64	14.6%	17.4%
65 to 74	8.4%	11.4%
75 and over	4.0%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Forest Heights	Pinehurst
White (non-Hispanic)	93.6%	69.3%
Black or African American	1.1%	16.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
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%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	11.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Forest Heights	Pinehurst
No high school diploma	8.6%	21.2%
High school graduate	48.9%	35.0%
Some college or associate's	30.5%	34.2%
Bachelor's degree	10.6%	7.8%
Graduate or professional degree	1.5%	1.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Forest Heights	Pinehurst
Drove alone	94.2%	76.6%
Carpooled	0.5%	14.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	5.3%	7.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Forest Heights	Pinehurst
1-unit, detached	58.8%	58.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.8%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	1.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	22.2%
Mobile home & other	40.7%	16.4%

Poverty & households

	Forest Heights	Pinehurst
Poverty rate	29.6%	18.0%
Average household size	2.49	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	24	25
Median year structure built	1987	1978