Forest Hill vs Kennedale

A side-by-side comparison of Forest Hill and Kennedale: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Forest Hill has the higher population (13,923 vs 8,954 in Kennedale). Kennedale has the higher median household income ($117,853 vs $59,653 in Forest Hill). Kennedale has the higher median home value ($356,300 vs $171,300 in Forest Hill).

Population, income & housing

	Forest Hill	Kennedale
Population	13,923	8,954
Median age	33.3 yrs	40.7 yrs
Median household income	$59,653	$117,853
Median home value	$171,300	$356,300
Median gross rent	$1,506	$1,215
Housing units	4,502	3,292
Homeownership rate	69.3%	75.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.4%	28.9%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Forest Hill	Kennedale
Population	12,994 → 13,923 (+7.1%)	8,197 → 8,954 (+9.2%)
Median household income	$41,496 → $59,653 (+43.8%)	$77,763 → $117,853 (+51.6%)
Median home value	$94,400 → $171,300 (+81.5%)	$215,500 → $356,300 (+65.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,107 → $1,506 (+36.0%)	$944 → $1,215 (+28.7%)

Forest Hill

Population

12,99413,923

Median household income

$41,496$59,653

Median home value

$94,400$171,300

Median gross rent

$1,107$1,506

Kennedale

Population

8,1978,954

Median household income

$77,763$117,853

Median home value

$215,500$356,300

Median gross rent

$944$1,215

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Forest Hill	Kennedale
Under 5	6.4%	4.8%
5 to 17	22.4%	18.3%
18 to 24	10.2%	6.4%
25 to 34	12.0%	11.6%
35 to 44	12.5%	15.5%
45 to 54	13.2%	14.0%
55 to 64	10.8%	14.4%
65 to 74	7.3%	8.5%
75 and over	5.2%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Forest Hill	Kennedale
White (non-Hispanic)	7.2%	56.4%
Black or African American	43.5%	19.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	4.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.1%
Two or more races	0.9%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	48.2%	17.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Forest Hill	Kennedale
No high school diploma	28.3%	15.9%
High school graduate	30.2%	23.4%
Some college or associate's	29.1%	31.8%
Bachelor's degree	10.5%	21.0%
Graduate or professional degree	1.9%	7.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Forest Hill	Kennedale
Drove alone	74.4%	81.2%
Carpooled	12.4%	8.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	0.0%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.3%	10.1%
Other means	4.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Forest Hill	Kennedale
1-unit, detached	91.4%	71.5%
1-unit, attached	3.2%	11.5%
2 to 4 units	2.1%	10.4%
5 to 19 units	1.3%	2.4%
20 or more units	1.1%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	3.2%

Poverty & households

	Forest Hill	Kennedale
Poverty rate	15.1%	5.0%
Average household size	3.21	2.94
Mean commute (minutes)	29	30
Median year structure built	1970	1995