Forest Hills, North Carolina

Back to Forest Hills, NC housing info, Jackson County, North Carolina, NC smaller cities, NC small cities, All Cities.   We are giving away $1000 in prizes - enter simply by sending us your own city pictures! General Map Google Map MSN Map General Map Google Map MSN Map General Map Google Map MSN Map Please wait while loading the map... Jackson County Population in July 2008: 332. Population change since 2000: +0.6%   Males: 169   (50.9%) Females: 163   (49.1%) Median resident age:   34.8 years North Carolina median age:   35.3 years Zip codes: 28723. Estimated median household income in 2007: $50,734 (it was $45,000 in 2000) Forest Hills:   $50,734 North Carolina:   $44,670 Estimated per capita income in 2007: $30,902 Forest Hills:   $30,902 North Carolina:   $24,307 Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $198,014 (it was $133,800 in 2000) Forest Hills:   $198,014 North Carolina:   $145,700 Mean prices in 2007: All housing units: $217,223; Detached houses: $214,150; In 2-unit structures: $181,899 Forest Hills, NC residents, houses, and apartments details Add your B&M business listing here for free. Over a million visitors/week. Get a huge advantage over your competition Races in Forest Hills: White Non-Hispanic (95.2%) Black (2.4%) Hispanic (1.2%) Chinese (0.6%) 2008 cost of living index in Forest Hills: 84.4 (less than average, U.S. average is 100) Recent posts about Forest Hills, North Carolina on our local forum with over 700,000 registered users. Forest Hills is mentioned 326 times on our forum: Duke Park or Forest Hills w/ kids???  (4 replies) Forest Hills location in Durham?  (3 replies) Forest Hills area--Gastonia  (2 replies) Real estate agent doesn't want us to look at Durham  (105 replies) Moving from Rye, NY to Raleigh, NC  (81 replies) Brightleaf - New Homes in Durham on 70  (162 replies) Ancestries: English (19.4%), German (17.3%), Scotch-Irish (14.5%), Irish (13.0%), United States (5.5%), Scottish (4.2%). Current Local Time: EST time zone Incorporated in 1997 Land area: 0.50 square miles. Population density: 666 people per square mile   (low).

Latitude: 35.30 N, Longitude: 83.19 W

Area code commonly used in this area: 828

Average climate in Forest Hills, North Carolina

Based on data reported by over 4,000 weather stations

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Forest Hills-area historical tornado activity is near North Carolina state average. It is 6% greater than the overall U.S. average.

On 4/3/1974, a category 4 (max. wind speeds 207-260 mph) tornado 43.9 miles away from the Forest Hills village center killed 4 people and injured 26 people and caused between $5,000,000 and $50,000,000 in damages.

On 3/27/1994, a category 3 (max. wind speeds 158-206 mph) tornado 32.5 miles away from the village center injured 37 people and caused between $500,000 and $5,000,000 in damages.

Forest Hills-area historical earthquake activity is significantly above North Carolina state average. It is 78% smaller than the overall U.S. average.

On 11/30/1973 at 07:48:41, a magnitude 4.7 (4.7 MB, 4.6 ML, Class: Light, Intensity: IV - V) earthquake occurred 55.4 miles away from Forest Hills center
On 7/5/1995 at 14:16:44, a magnitude 3.7 (3.7 LG, Depth: 6.2 mi, Class: Light, Intensity: II - III) earthquake occurred 57.7 miles away from the city center
On 7/30/1997 at 12:29:23, a magnitude 3.8 (3.8 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi) earthquake occurred 80.7 miles away from the city center
On 8/25/2005 at 03:09:42, a magnitude 3.6 (3.6 MW, Depth: 5.0 mi) earthquake occurred 46.0 miles away from Forest Hills center
On 10/12/2005 at 06:27:30, a magnitude 3.6 (3.6 LG, Depth: 5.1 mi) earthquake occurred 77.3 miles away from the city center
On 6/17/1998 at 08:00:23, a magnitude 3.6 (3.3 MB, 3.6 LG, Depth: 6.2 mi) earthquake occurred 80.8 miles away from Forest Hills center
Magnitude types: regional Lg-wave magnitude (LG), body-wave magnitude (MB), local magnitude (ML), moment magnitude (MW)

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Cemetery: Cox Cemetery (1). Display/hide its location on the map

Average household size:

This village:	2.1 people
North Carolina:	2.5 people

Percentage of family households:

This village:	48.1%
Whole state:	68.9%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:

This village:	3.8%
Whole state:	4.6%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)

• Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
• Gay men: 0.6% of all households

This village:	18.3%
Whole state:	12.3%

This village:	12.6%
Whole state:	5.5%

Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Forest Hills, NC

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9.76% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($45,649 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	9.76%
North Carolina average:	8.53%

0.22% of residents moved from foreign countries ($84 average AGI)

Jackson County:	0.22%
North Carolina average:	0.17%

from Swain County, NC	1.20% ($27,462 average AGI)
from Haywood County, NC	0.60% ($30,576)
from Buncombe County, NC	0.57% ($23,810)

8.29% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($36,304 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	8.29%
North Carolina average:	7.27%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.

to Swain County, NC	1.08% ($29,328 average AGI)
to Buncombe County, NC	0.77% ($45,000)
to Haywood County, NC	0.77% ($39,048)