Forest Hill vs White Settlement

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

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

White Settlement has the higher population (18,119 vs 13,923 in Forest Hill). Forest Hill has the higher median household income ($59,653 vs $56,472 in White Settlement). White Settlement has the higher median home value ($176,500 vs $171,300 in Forest Hill).

Population, income & housing

	Forest Hill	White Settlement
Population	13,923	18,119
Median age	33.3 yrs	36.0 yrs
Median household income	$59,653	$56,472
Median home value	$171,300	$176,500
Median gross rent	$1,506	$1,227
Housing units	4,502	7,663
Homeownership rate	69.3%	60.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.4%	18.3%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Forest Hill	White Settlement
Population	12,994 → 13,923 (+7.1%)	17,565 → 18,119 (+3.2%)
Median household income	$41,496 → $59,653 (+43.8%)	$48,996 → $56,472 (+15.3%)
Median home value	$94,400 → $171,300 (+81.5%)	$99,200 → $176,500 (+77.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,107 → $1,506 (+36.0%)	$977 → $1,227 (+25.6%)

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

White Settlement

Population

17,56518,119

Median household income

$48,996$56,472

Median home value

$99,200$176,500

Median gross rent

$977$1,227

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Forest Hill	White Settlement
Under 5	6.4%	7.0%
5 to 17	22.4%	17.9%
18 to 24	10.2%	8.8%
25 to 34	12.0%	14.5%
35 to 44	12.5%	15.5%
45 to 54	13.2%	11.2%
55 to 64	10.8%	9.9%
65 to 74	7.3%	9.4%
75 and over	5.2%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Forest Hill	White Settlement
White (non-Hispanic)	7.2%	51.0%
Black or African American	43.5%	7.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.9%
Two or more races	0.9%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	48.2%	36.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Forest Hill	White Settlement
No high school diploma	28.3%	18.1%
High school graduate	30.2%	33.3%
Some college or associate's	29.1%	30.3%
Bachelor's degree	10.5%	13.6%
Graduate or professional degree	1.9%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Forest Hill	White Settlement
Drove alone	74.4%	72.4%
Carpooled	12.4%	16.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.3%	9.9%
Other means	4.9%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Forest Hill	White Settlement
1-unit, detached	91.4%	66.1%
1-unit, attached	3.2%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	2.1%	13.8%
5 to 19 units	1.3%	12.7%
20 or more units	1.1%	2.9%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	2.2%

Poverty & households

	Forest Hill	White Settlement
Poverty rate	15.1%	10.1%
Average household size	3.21	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	29	24
Median year structure built	1970	1974