Forest Hills, Pennsylvania

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Back to Forest Hills, PA housing info, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, PA smaller cities, PA small cities, All Cities.   Submit your own pictures of this borough and show them to the World General Map Google Map MSN Map General Map Google Map MSN Map General Map Google Map MSN Map Please wait while loading the map... Current weather forecast for Forest Hills, PA Allegheny County Population in July 2008: 6,240. Population change since 2000: -8.7%   Males: 2,903   (46.5%) Females: 3,337   (53.5%) Median resident age:   43.8 years Pennsylvania median age:   38.0 years Estimated median household income in 2008: $57,192 (it was $44,922 in 2000) Forest Hills:   $57,192 Pennsylvania:   $50,713 Estimated per capita income in 2008: $35,193 Estimated median house or condo value in 2008: $120,680 (it was $86,200 in 2000) Forest Hills:   $120,680 Pennsylvania:   $164,700 Mean prices in 2008: All housing units: $144,487; Detached houses: $143,596; Townhouses or other attached units: $125,079; In 2-unit structures: $132,973; In 3-to-4-unit structures: $106,302; In 5-or-more-unit structures: $109,048 Forest Hills, PA residents, houses, and apartments details Profiles of local businesses: LifeLine Outpaitent Centers Put your B&M business profile right here for free. 20,000 businesses already created their profiles! Business Search - 14 Million verified businesses Search for: near:   Races in Forest Hills: White Non-Hispanic (94.2%) Black (3.0%) Hispanic (0.7%) Two or more races (0.7%) Dec. 2009 cost of living index in Forest Hills: 85.7 (less than average, U.S. average is 100) Recent posts about Forest Hills, Pennsylvania on our local forum with over 700,000 registered users. Forest Hills is mentioned 165 times on our forum: East Suburbs: Lots of Questions! Forest Hills, Wilkinsburg, etc.  (11 replies) Winter Weather Thread  (268 replies) Forest Hills, any insight?  (5 replies) Forest Hills, any insight?  (2 replies) Forest Hills - The Avenues  (4 replies) Pittsburgh has an inferiority complex  (209 replies) Ancestries: German (24.8%), Irish (23.9%), Italian (16.1%), English (8.0%), Slovak (7.6%), Polish (7.4%). Current Local Time: EST time zone Incorporated in 1920 Elevation: 966 feet Land area: 1.56 square miles. Population density: 4002 people per square mile   (average).

Average climate in Forest Hills, Pennsylvania

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Forest Hills-area historical tornado activity is slightly above Pennsylvania state average. It is 15% greater than the overall U.S. average.

On 6/3/1980, a category 4 (max. wind speeds 207-260 mph) tornado 17.0 miles away from the Forest Hills borough center injured 140 people and caused between $50,000,000 and $500,000,000 in damages.

On 8/3/1963, a category 3 (max. wind speeds 158-206 mph) tornado 7.2 miles away from the borough center killed 2 people and injured 70 people and caused between $5,000,000 and $50,000,000 in damages.

Forest Hills-area historical earthquake activity is significantly below Pennsylvania state average. It is 99% smaller than the overall U.S. average.

On 9/25/1998 at 19:52:52, a magnitude 5.2 (4.8 MB, 4.3 MS, 5.2 LG, 4.5 MW, Depth: 3.1 mi, Class: Moderate, Intensity: VI - VII) earthquake occurred 79.2 miles away from Forest Hills center
On 3/12/2007 at 23:18:16, a magnitude 3.7 (3.7 LG, 3.6 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi, Class: Light, Intensity: II - III) earthquake occurred 99.6 miles away from the city center
Magnitude types: regional Lg-wave magnitude (LG), body-wave magnitude (MB), surface-wave magnitude (MS), moment magnitude (MW)

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Churches in Forest Hills include: Hope Church (A), Christ Church (B). Display/hide their locations on the map Park in Forest Hills: Forest Hills Park (1). Display/hide its location on the map

Average household size:

This borough:	2.2 people
Pennsylvania:	2.5 people

Percentage of family households:

This borough:	64.8%
Whole state:	67.2%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:

This borough:	3.4%
Whole state:	5.0%

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

• Lesbian couples: 0.4% of all households
• Gay men: 0.3% of all households

This borough:	5.6%
Whole state:	11.0%

This borough:	3.2%
Whole state:	5.1%

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

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Here		71.9%
USA		50.2%

3.69% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($47,896 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	3.69%
Pennsylvania average:	4.99%

0.21% of residents moved from foreign countries ($718 average AGI)

Allegheny County:	0.21%
Pennsylvania average:	0.12%

from Westmoreland County, PA	0.37% ($34,528 average AGI)
from Washington County, PA	0.24% ($42,283)
from Butler County, PA	0.18% ($113,869)

4.31% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($54,428 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	4.31%
Pennsylvania average:	5.08%

0.08% of residents moved to foreign countries ($706 average AGI)

Allegheny County:	0.08%
Pennsylvania average:	0.05%

to Westmoreland County, PA	0.39% ($46,000 average AGI)
to Washington County, PA	0.30% ($59,215)
to Butler County, PA	0.27% ($62,261)

• STATION, Ave A And West St, Structure height: 23.2 m, Overall height: 25.9 m, Call Sign: WGY551
  Assigned Frequencies : 18690.0 MHz, 12470.0 MHz, 12490.0 MHz
  Grant Date: 12/05/1991, Expiration Date: 12/05/1996, Cancelation Date: 12/03/1996
  Registrant: Phone: (202) 429-0198

• Call Sign: N3OMD, Previous Call Sign: , Licensee ID: L00201822
  Grant Date: 12/18/2002, Expiration Date: 03/09/2013
  Registrant: Julianne E Ayoob, 166 Fairfax Rd, Forest Hills, PA 15221
• Call Sign: KB3LNG, Previous Call Sign: , Licensee ID: L00924707
  Grant Date: 10/04/2004, Expiration Date: 10/04/2014, Certifier: Bryan E King
  Registrant: Bryan E King, 518 Halsey Ave, Forest Hills, PA 15221

• Fire: 11
• Hazardous Condition: 27

• #1 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest Particulate Matter (PM_2.5) Annual air pollution readings in 2005 (µg/m³)"
• #4 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest Particulate Matter (PM_2.5) 24-hour air pollution readings in 2005 (µg/m³)"
• #5 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest Sulfur Oxides Annual air pollution readings in 2005 (µg/m³)"
• #7 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest Sulfur Oxides 24-hour air pollution readings in 2005 (µg/m³)"
• #20 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest lead air pollution readings in 2005 (µg/m³)"