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I Demographics

The 2022 estimated population is 16,880

As of the Census 2020, there were 13,955 people, 3,746 households or 3.47 persons per household residing
in the city. The population density was 3,322.6 people per square mile. The racial makeup of the city was
5.3% White, 44.6% African American, 0.1 % Native American, and 1.5% from two or more races. Hispanic
or Latino of any race was 49.1 % of the population.

There were 3,746 households out of which 32% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.1 %
were female householders, I 1.5% were householders 65 years of age or older, and 8.0% were under 5 years
of age. There were 594 veterans residing in the City of Forest Hill. The city owner-occupied housing unit
rate was 73.6%.

The median income for a household in the city was $41,496. The per capita income for the city was
$16,482. About 25.4% of the population were below the poverty line.

Education

By 1905 Forest Hill had two schools, four teachers and 226 students, but not schools for African-American
students.

Today children in Forest Hill attend school either in the Everman Independent School District (EISD) or in
the Fort Worth Independence School District (FISD).

Two primary schools, Harlean Beal Elementary School and David K. Sellars Elementary School, serve
separate areas within the FWISD section of Forest Hill. The FWISD secondary schools that serve Forest
Hill and are located in Fort Worth, include Glencrest 6th Grade School, Forest Oak Middle School, and
O.D Wyatt High School.

Students living in the Everman Independent School District portion of the city attend Roger E. Souder,
Bishop, Hommel, E. Ray, and Townley Elementary Schools; Johnson 6yh Grade Campus; Dan Powell
Intermediate School; Baxter and Everman Junior High Schools; Everman High School and Everman
Academy High school.

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