Forest Hills is a very small city located in the state of Tennessee. With a population of 4,479 people and two associated neighborhoods, Forest Hills is the 116th largest community in Tennessee.

Forest Hills home prices are not only among the most expensive in Tennessee, but Forest Hills real estate also consistently ranks among the most expensive in America.

Of important note, Forest Hills is also a city of artists. Forest Hills has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Forest Hills’s character.

A relatively large number of people in Forest Hills telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 24.45% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

In addition, Forest Hills is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates". Urban sophisticates are educated, wealthy, executives and professionals, who have urbane tastes in books, food, and travel, whether they actually live in a big city, or choose to reside in a small town. In big or medium-sized cities, urban sophisticates tend to frequent art institutions such as opera, symphonies, ballet, live theatre, and museums.

Because of many things, Forest Hills is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Forest Hills really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Forest Hills perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic nightlife, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.

Forest Hills is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

If knowledge is power, Forest Hills is a pretty powerful place. 77.59% of the adults in Forest Hills have earned a 4-year college degree, masters degree, MD, law degree, or even PhD. Compare that to the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns.

The per capita income in Forest Hills in 2022 was $151,654, which is wealthy relative to Tennessee and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $606,616 for a family of four.

Forest Hills is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Forest Hills home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Forest Hills residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Forest Hills also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 10.50% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Forest Hills include English, German, Irish, Scottish, and French.

The most common language spoken in Forest Hills is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Chinese.