Forest Hills, Pennsylvania

Forest Hills is a borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 6,429 at the 2020 census.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> It is a suburb of the Pittsburgh metropolitan area. The borough was named after Forest Hills, Queens.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Geography

Forest Hills is located at Template:Coord (40.421918, –79.851872).<ref>"US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. 2011-02-12. Retrieved 2011-04-23.</ref> According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of Template:Convert, all land.

Surrounding neighborhoods

Forest Hills has five borders, including Wilkinsburg and Churchill to the north, Wilkins Township to the east, Chalfant to the southeast, North Braddock to the south-southeast, and Braddock Hills from the south to the northwest. These municipalities, along with East Pittsburgh, Edgewood, Rankin, Swissvale, and Turtle Creek, make up the Woodland Hills School District.<ref>Woodland Hills School District</ref>

Demographics

As of the 2010 census,<ref>"U.S. Census Bureau Fact Finder". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2011-05-21.</ref> there were 6,518 people, 3,099 households, and 1,807 families residing in the borough. The population density was Template:Convert. There were 3,304 housing units at an average density of Template:Convert. The racial makeup of the borough was 87.68% White, 9.14% African American, 0.09% Native American, 1.18% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 0.40% from other races, and 1.49% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.32% of the population.

There were 3,099 households, out of which 21.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 45.4% were married couples living together, 9.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 41.7% were non-families. 35.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 31.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.10 and the average family size was 2.74.

In the borough the population was spread out, with 18.7% under the age of 20, 4.3% from 20 to 24, 24.1% from 25 to 44, 33.2% from 45 to 64, and 19.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 47.5 years. For every 100 females, there were 87.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 82.6 males.

In 2000, the median income for a household in the borough was $44,922, and the median income for a family was $56,199. Males had a median income of $42,903 versus $31,103 for females. The per capita income for the borough was $26,505. About 4.7% of families and 5.6% of the population were below the poverty line, including 8.2% of those under age 18 and 2.7% of those age 65 or over.

Arts and culture

Forest Hills is located along the Route 30 portion of the Lincoln Highway, which, along with Greensburg Pike, serves as a main artery of the borough.

Until 2015, near the eastern border with Chalfant, there once stood an historic, five-million-volt Van de Graaff generator and particle accelerator known as the Westinghouse Atom Smasher.<ref>Atom Smasher (Circa 1937) - Odd-Shaped Buildings on Waymarking.com</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The Atom Smasher operated from 1937 to 1958, and because of many important discoveries that were made using the device—it was designated an official historic landmark in 2010.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> However, the apparatus was torn down in 2015, when the property that had served as the primary campus of the Westinghouse Research Laboratories from 1916 to 1956<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> was being prepared for redevelopment.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Government and politics

Presidential election results<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Year	Republican	Democratic	Third parties
style="text-align:center; Template:Party shading/Democratic|2020	style="text-align:center; Template:Party shading/Republican|27% 1,256	style="text-align:center; Template:Party shading/Democratic|71% 3,230	0.9% 43
style="text-align:center; Template:Party shading/Democratic|2016	style="text-align:center; Template:Party shading/Republican|31% 1,254	style="text-align:center; Template:Party shading/Democratic|65% 2,636	3% 135
style="text-align:center; Template:Party shading/Democratic|2012	style="text-align:center; Template:Party shading/Republican|37% 1.498	style="text-align:center; Template:Party shading/Democratic|61% 2,440	1% 57

Representatives

Office/District	Incumbent	Party
Allegheny County Council (district 8)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	Charles Martoni	Democrat
PA House of Representatives (district 34)	Abigail Salisbury	Democrat
PA Senate (district 43)	Jay Costa	Democrat
U.S. House of Representatives (PA district 18)	Summer Lee	Democrat
U.S. Senate	John Fetterman	Democrat
U.S. Senate	Bob Casey Jr.	Democrat

External links

• Borough of Forest Hills official website
• Local / Neighborhoods East (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)