Forest Hill vs Rendon

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

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

Rendon has the higher population (15,894 vs 13,923 in Forest Hill). Rendon has the higher median household income ($107,618 vs $59,653 in Forest Hill). Rendon has the higher median home value ($328,100 vs $171,300 in Forest Hill).

Population, income & housing

	Forest Hill	Rendon
Population	13,923	15,894
Median age	33.3 yrs	38.6 yrs
Median household income	$59,653	$107,618
Median home value	$171,300	$328,100
Median gross rent	$1,506	$1,229
Housing units	4,502	5,628
Homeownership rate	69.3%	81.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.4%	26.2%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Forest Hill	Rendon
Population	12,994 → 13,923 (+7.1%)	13,150 → 15,894 (+20.9%)
Median household income	$41,496 → $59,653 (+43.8%)	$79,375 → $107,618 (+35.6%)
Median home value	$94,400 → $171,300 (+81.5%)	$231,400 → $328,100 (+41.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,107 → $1,506 (+36.0%)	$951 → $1,229 (+29.2%)

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

Rendon

Population

13,15015,894

Median household income

$79,375$107,618

Median home value

$231,400$328,100

Median gross rent

$951$1,229

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Forest Hill	Rendon
Under 5	6.4%	5.5%
5 to 17	22.4%	21.9%
18 to 24	10.2%	6.7%
25 to 34	12.0%	9.9%
35 to 44	12.5%	13.6%
45 to 54	13.2%	14.4%
55 to 64	10.8%	14.3%
65 to 74	7.3%	7.8%
75 and over	5.2%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Forest Hill	Rendon
White (non-Hispanic)	7.2%	64.7%
Black or African American	43.5%	7.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	2.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	1.0%
Two or more races	0.9%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	48.2%	21.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Forest Hill	Rendon
No high school diploma	28.3%	16.9%
High school graduate	30.2%	25.8%
Some college or associate's	29.1%	31.1%
Bachelor's degree	10.5%	16.2%
Graduate or professional degree	1.9%	10.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Forest Hill	Rendon
Drove alone	74.4%	78.5%
Carpooled	12.4%	10.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.3%	10.5%
Other means	4.9%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Forest Hill	Rendon
1-unit, detached	91.4%	77.1%
1-unit, attached	3.2%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	2.1%	0.4%
5 to 19 units	1.3%	0.7%
20 or more units	1.1%	2.1%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	16.8%

Poverty & households

	Forest Hill	Rendon
Poverty rate	15.1%	8.6%
Average household size	3.21	3.12
Mean commute (minutes)	29	33
Median year structure built	1970	1992