Forest Heights vs West Orange

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

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

West Orange has the higher population (3,442 vs 1,644 in Forest Heights). West Orange has the higher median household income ($59,583 vs $48,523 in Forest Heights). Forest Heights has the higher median home value ($112,400 vs $110,700 in West Orange).

Population, income & housing

	Forest Heights	West Orange
Population	1,644	3,442
Median age	37.3 yrs	30.0 yrs
Median household income	$48,523	$59,583
Median home value	$112,400	$110,700
Median gross rent	—	$1,402
Housing units	759	1,593
Homeownership rate	79.7%	75.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.1%	23.2%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Forest Heights	West Orange
Population	1,634 → 1,644 (+0.6%)	3,342 → 3,442 (+3.0%)
Median household income	$47,757 → $48,523 (+1.6%)	$47,692 → $59,583 (+24.9%)
Median home value	$86,000 → $112,400 (+30.7%)	$86,800 → $110,700 (+27.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$843 → $1,402 (+66.3%)

Forest Heights

Population

1,6341,644

Median household income

$47,757$48,523

Median home value

$86,000$112,400

West Orange

Population

3,3423,442

Median household income

$47,692$59,583

Median home value

$86,800$110,700

Median gross rent

$843$1,402

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Forest Heights	West Orange
Under 5	2.6%	12.9%
5 to 17	29.3%	16.6%
18 to 24	2.1%	10.9%
25 to 34	11.6%	16.7%
35 to 44	15.2%	5.6%
45 to 54	12.3%	8.3%
55 to 64	14.6%	9.5%
65 to 74	8.4%	15.2%
75 and over	4.0%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Forest Heights	West Orange
White (non-Hispanic)	93.6%	64.2%
Black or African American	1.1%	18.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.9%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	7.1%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	9.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Forest Heights	West Orange
No high school diploma	8.6%	13.4%
High school graduate	48.9%	33.2%
Some college or associate's	30.5%	30.3%
Bachelor's degree	10.6%	16.3%
Graduate or professional degree	1.5%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Forest Heights	West Orange
Drove alone	94.2%	84.8%
Carpooled	0.5%	13.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.3%	1.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Forest Heights	West Orange
1-unit, detached	58.8%	86.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.4%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	2.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.2%
Mobile home & other	40.7%	7.5%

Poverty & households

	Forest Heights	West Orange
Poverty rate	29.6%	21.8%
Average household size	2.49	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	24	21
Median year structure built	1987	1961