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Population (year 2000): 6,831. Estimated
population in July 2005: 6,424 (-6.0% change)
Males: 3,179 (46.5%), Females: 3,652 (53.5%)
Median resident age: 43.8 years
Median household income: $44,922 (year 2000)
Median house value: $86,700 (year 2000)
Races in Forest Hills:
- White Non-Hispanic (94.2%)
- Black (3.0%)
- Hispanic (0.7%)
- Two or more races (0.7%)
Ancestries: German (24.8%), Irish (23.9%),
Italian (16.1%), English (8.0%), Slovak (7.6%), Polish (7.4%).
Land area: 1.6 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Forest Hills
- High school or higher: 91.6%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 46.0%
- Graduate or professional degree: 19.7%
- Unemployed: 4.5%
- Mean travel time to work: 27.6 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Forest Hills borough
- Never married: 25.3%
- Now married: 58.3%
- Separated: 2.4%
- Widowed: 8.0%
- Divorced: 6.0%
3.9% Foreign born (2.4% Europe, 1.0% Asia).
Population change in the 1990s: -691 (-9.2%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Forest Hills:
- UNIV OF PITTSBURGH MED CNTR BRADDOCK (about 2 miles;
BRADDOCK, PA)
- LIFECARE HOSPITALS OF PITTSBURGH INC (about 2 miles;
PITTSBURGH, PA)
- CHILDREN'S INSTITUTE (about 6 miles; PITTSBURGH, PA)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Forest Hills:
- ALLEGHENY COUNTY (about 7 miles; PITTSBURGH, PA; ID:
AGC)
- PITTSBURGH INTERNATIONAL (about 26 miles;
PITTSBURGH, PA; ID: PIT)
- ARNOLD PALMER REGIONAL (about 34 miles; LATROBE, PA;
ID: LBE)
Other public-use airports nearest to Forest Hills:
- PITTSBURGH-MONROEVILLE (about 7 miles; MONROEVILLE,
PA; ID: 4G0)
- INTER COUNTY (about 9 miles; IRWIN, PA; ID: 31D)
- ROCK (about 13 miles; TARENTUM, PA; ID: 9G1)
Amtrak station near Forest Hills:
- 10 miles: PITTSBURGH (1100 LIBERTY AVE.). Services:
ticket office, fully wheelchair accessible, enclosed
waiting area, public restrooms, public payphones,
vending machines, ATM, free short-term parking, paid
long-term parking, call for car rental service, call for
taxi service, intercity bus service, public transit
connection.
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Forest Hills:
- CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY (about 8 miles;
PITTSBURGH, PA; Full-time enrollment: 7,903)
- ART INSTITUTE PITTSBURGH (about 10 miles;
PITTSBURGH, PA; FT enrollment: 2,246)
- POINT PARK COLLEGE (about 10 miles; PITTSBURGH, PA;
FT enrollment: 2,189)
- UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH-MAIN CAMPUS (about 12
miles; PITTSBURGH, PA; FT enrollment: 22,930)
- DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY (about 12 miles; PITTSBURGH, PA;
FT enrollment: 8,199)
- COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF ALLEGHENY COUNTY (about 13
miles; PITTSBURGH, PA; FT enrollment: 9,058)
- WESTMORELAND COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 23
miles; YOUNGWOOD, PA; FT enrollment: 3,223)
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