Pennsylvania · Census place 4226592

Forest Hills, Pennsylvania

Forest Hills is a borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania with an estimated 6,186 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 140th largest of 597 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
6,186
#140 of 597 in Pennsylvania
Change since 2020
-3.6%
-233 people
Land area
1.6 sq mi
Density
3,940 / sq mi
State median 3,911
Orange pin: Forest Hills. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Harrisburg.

Forest Hills population, 2020 to 2024

Forest Hills lost 233 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -3.6%. In the latest year it moved by -31. Among 193 Pennsylvania places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 177th; the median place changed by +0.2%. The median place of 5,000+ in Pennsylvania has 8,364 people, so Forest Hills is 74% of it.

6,41920206,35120216,26720226,21720236,1862024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 6,430. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Forest Hills covers 1.57 square miles of land, for 3,940 people per square mile of land. The median Pennsylvania place of 5,000+ has 3,911, so Forest Hills is close to the typical town.

What county Forest Hills is in

All of Forest Hills's residents live in Allegheny County, which had 1,231,814 residents in 2024. Forest Hills holds 0.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Forest Hills

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Forest Hills by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 15221. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a borough that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Forest Hills is

The Census internal point of Forest Hills is at 40.425100, -79.854500. Harrisburg, the capital, is 156.8 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Wilkinsburg, PA (13,800 people), 1.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Pittsburgh, PA, 6.5 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
40.425100, -79.854500
DMS
40°25'30.36"N 79°51'16.20"W
UTM
17N 597171.5E 4475570.8N
Geohash
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Plus code
87G2C4GW+25

Daylight in Forest Hills

At 40.43° N, Forest Hills gets about 15 h 04 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 17 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 47 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Forest Hills

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Pennsylvania, measured between internal points. The closest is Braddock Hills, 0.8 miles away, with 1,667 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Forest Hills, PA?

6,186 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 233 (3.6%) from 6,419 in July 2020.

What county is Forest Hills in?

Allegheny County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Forest Hills?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 15221.

How far is Forest Hills from Harrisburg?

156.8 miles (252.4 km) in a straight line, heading E from Forest Hills.

What is the nearest larger city to Forest Hills?

Wilkinsburg, PA, with 13,800 residents, 1.7 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.