Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety30#10,935/15,637
Economy47#8,215/15,631
Housing27#10,901/14,977
Health32#10,609/15,609
Healthcare44#8,809/15,650
Environment5#14,593/15,453
Education14#13,500/15,649
Infrastructure27#11,385/15,650
Community20#12,490/15,651
Leisure & amenities26#11,529/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Forest Hill, Texas ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Tarrant County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Distance to an emergency room · low3.4 mi
87/100Texas 5.5 miUnited States 5.5 miJul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesTarrant County value
Dental care shortage · low0.0
84/100Texas 5.8United States 5.7Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationTarrant County value
Injury deaths · low66 /100k
83/100Texas 69 /100kUnited States 87 /100k2019-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteTarrant County value
Income inequality (Gini index) · low0.370
83/100Texas 0.478United States 0.4832020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19083
New business applications · high17.7 /1k
82/100Texas 17.2 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census BureauTarrant County value
Access to exercise opportunities · high94.3%
80/100Texas 82.3%United States 84.5%2022 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteTarrant County value

Weaknesses

High ozone days · high20 days
3/100Texas 7 daysUnited States 7 days2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyTarrant County value
Physical inactivity · high39.4%
3/100Texas 29.6%United States 26.5%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
High school diploma or higher · low72.6%
4/100Texas 86.0%United States 89.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003
Poor or fair health · high31.7%
5/100Texas 23.2%United States 19.9%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Days with unhealthy air · high8.2%
5/1002025U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyTarrant County value
Median Air Quality Index · high56
6/1002025U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyTarrant County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationRising
12,994 (2015-2019) → 14,062 (2020-2024)
+8.2%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Child poverty rateImproving
41.8% (2015-2019) → 24.8% (2020-2024)
−17 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
74.1% (2015-2019) → 59.7% (2020-2024)
−14 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Median household incomeImproving
$41,496 (2015-2019) → $68,457 (2020-2024)
+65%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
New homes permittedWorsening
1.1 /1k (2021) → 0.4 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−61%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Poverty rateImproving
25.4% (2015-2019) → 14.8% (2020-2024)
−11 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Forest Hill, Texas improved on 5 of 14 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 9 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved5

Uninsured−8.3 points27.4% → 19.0%
Poverty−11 points25.4% → 14.8%
Child poverty−17 points41.8% → 24.8%
Household income+65%$41,496 → $68,457
Broadband+8.9 points81.3% → 90.2%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 14 measures

Change of every measure of Forest Hill, Texas between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	26.4 min2015-2019	29.3 min2020-2024	+2.9 min	Within the margin of error	20%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.1%2015-2019	14.2%2020-2024	+3.2 points	Within the margin of error	53%
Broadband subscriptions	81.3%2015-2019	90.2%2020-2024	+8.9 points	Improved	54%
Child poverty rate	41.8%2015-2019	24.8%2020-2024	−17 points	Improved	91%
Effective property tax rate	1.86%2015-2019	1.55%2020-2024	−0.3 points	Within the margin of error	76%
High school diploma or higher	73.2%2015-2019	72.6%2020-2024	−0.6 points	Within the margin of error	27%
Home price to income ratio	2.3×2015-2019	2.7×2020-2024	+0.5×	Within the margin of error	50%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3802015-2019	0.3712020-2024	−0.009	Within the margin of error	59%
Median household income	$41,4962015-2019	$68,4572020-2024	+65%	Improved	93%
Poverty rate	25.4%2015-2019	14.8%2020-2024	−11 points	Improved	94%
Rent as share of income	39.5%2015-2019	34.1%2020-2024	−5.4 points	Within the margin of error	84%
Rent-burdened households	74.1%2015-2019	59.7%2020-2024	−14 points	Within the margin of error	88%
Unemployment rate	8.1%2015-2019	4.7%2020-2024	−3.4 points	Within the margin of error	91%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	27.4%2015-2019	19.0%2020-2024	−8.3 points	Improved	94%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Forest Hill, Texas five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Forest Hill, Texas in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Forest Hill, Texas itself moved +4.3 points in standing on average over the same 10 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

14,062 residents (±29)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†
50–59†
40–49
30–39†
20–29†
10–19†
Under 10†

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Under 10 men (−6.6 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

14,062 residents (±29)

Forest Hill, Texas
Texas share

White7.2%†1,011
Black46%6,496
Hispanic or Latino45%6,352
Asian0.0%0
American Indian and Alaska Native0.0%0
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander0.0%0
Other or two or more races1.4%†203

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B03002View table on data.census.gov

Education

8,984 residents (±583)

Forest Hill, Texas
Texas share

No high school diploma27%2,461
High school or GED32%2,889
Some college20%1,821
Associate degree5.9%†534
Bachelor's degree11%†1,031
Graduate degree2.8%†248

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B15003View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

4,499 households (±359)

Forest Hill, Texas
Texas share

Under $25k15%†658
$25k–50k17%765
$50k–75k24%†1,095
$75k–100k21%†933
$100k–150k15%†671
$150k–200k3.5%†157
$200k or more4.9%†220

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $25k–50k (−19.9 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

4,499 households (±359)

Forest Hill, Texas
Texas share

Own72%3,258
Rent28%1,241

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

1,190 households (±370)

Forest Hill, Texas
Texas share

Under $7504.0%†48
$750–1,00012%†140
$1,000–1,50023%†275

Home values

3,258 homes (±439)

Forest Hill, Texas
Texas share

Under $150k25%824
$150k–250k49%1,582
$250k–400k23%†744

Age of homes

4,713 homes (±364)

Forest Hill, Texas
Texas share

2010 or later12%†572
2000–20097.3%†344
1980–19996.0%†284

Size of homes

4,713 homes (±364)

Forest Hill, Texas
Texas share

Studio1.5%†70
1 bedroom1.9%†89
2 bedrooms5.4%†256

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

6,233 workers (±549)

Forest Hill, Texas
Texas share

Drive alone74%4,625
Carpool9.1%†567
Public transit0.9%†54
Walk0.0%0
Bike0.0%0
Work from home10%†649
Other5.4%†338

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Drive alone (−9.8 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

5,584 workers (±496)

Forest Hill, Texas
Texas share

Under 15 min16%†916
15–29 min32%1,800
30–44 min26%1,447

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Tarrant County, the county holding most of Forest Hill's residents.

Tarrant County has 47,656 employer establishments, 217 for every 10,000 residents (0.87× the US rate of 248; 0.99× Texas's), with 882,289 paid employees at an average annual pay of $63,154. The Census Bureau also counts 240,907 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 47,656; 240,907 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 217; US 248 · Texas 218
Paid employees: 882,289
Average annual pay: $63,154; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Tarrant County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Ambulatory health care services	4,977	22.7	1.09×About typical	57,204	$69,331	9,409
Restaurants and other eating places	4,055	18.5	1.01×About typical	89,706	$22,424	1,346
Specialty trade contractors	2,600	11.8	0.77×Fewer than typical	37,779	$69,962	16,336
Lessors of real estate	2,239	10.2	0.83×About typical	10,452	$67,694	17,611
Limited-service restaurants	1,965	9	1.12×About typical	44,433	$19,518	440
Offices of physicians	1,857	8.5	1.31×More than typical	18,645	$114,289	1,745
Full-service restaurants	1,423	6.5	0.84×About typical	37,862	$26,496	605
Management, scientific and technical consulting	1,341	6.1	0.91×About typical	8,973	$76,251	7,354
Offices of other health practitioners	1,158	5.3	0.87×About typical	6,882	$45,634	3,613
Construction of buildings	1,101	5	0.66×Fewer than typical	9,090	$94,871	6,618
Building equipment contractors	1,100	5	0.83×About typical	17,179	$74,366	3,311
Automotive repair and maintenance	1,073	4.9	0.97×About typical	7,786	$48,902	3,972

Rank places for an industry Open Tarrant County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 2,194,974 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $3.1M of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Forest Hill, Texas: $221 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $3.1M; +26% vs FY2025
Per resident: $221; US $1,994
Sole-source: 22%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.0%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Department of Veterans Affairs$1.2M38%
Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons$973.6K31%
Department of the Air Force$518K17%
Defense Logistics Agency$204.5K6.6%
Department of the Navy$96.4K3.1%
Department of the Army$83.2K2.7%
Drug Enforcement Administration$61.1K2.0%
Federal Law Enforcement Training Center$2,2890.1%

Top recipients

REDHAWK IT SOLUTIONS, LLC$1.1M34%
HOWELL INSTRUMENTS, INC.$669.4K22%
MCKESSON CORPORATION$367.3K12%
BAILEY'S PREMIER SERVICES, LLC$137.6K4.4%
NITELINES USA INC$130.8K4.2%

Spending by fiscal year

4.5MFY2017
5.7MFY2018
6.1MFY2019
4.7MFY2020
5.6MFY2021
3.7MFY2022
5.7MFY2023
3.7M

Top industries (NAICS)

Computer systems design and related services · 5415$1.1M34%
Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing · 3345$531.3K17%
Pharmaceutical and medicine manufacturing · 3254$440.7K14%
Aerospace product and parts manufacturing · 3364$199.5K6.4%
Services to buildings and dwellings · 5617$137.6K4.4%
Employment services · 5613

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Forest Hill, Texas, so they do not add up across cities.

Forest Hill, Texas's figures are part of those of Tarrant County, TX ($13.8B in FY2026), never added to them: 0.0% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Forest Hill is mostly in Tarrant County.

See federal money in Tarrant County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Forest Hill, Texas is split between congressional districts: each representative is shown with the share of its residents in their district (current boundaries).

House

Senate

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County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Tarrant County46100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX52

Other cities and towns in Tarrant County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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