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Forest Hills ZIP codes, North Carolina

No ZIP code is named for Forest Hills, NC; addresses there use a neighbouring town's name. The ZIP code covering it is 28723. Its area code is 828.

USPS city name
0 ZIP codes
Overlapping the city
1 more
Population
329
Area code
828

NANPA lists no telephone rate centre for Forest Hills itself, so these are the area codes of the nearest one, Cullowhee (0.0 miles). A town on an area-code boundary can differ from its neighbour.

Forest Hills in numbers

About 329 people live in Forest Hills, in 211 households. The median household income is $90,313 a year, 25% above the North Carolina median of $72,388 (US: $80,734). Median gross rent is $1,208 a month. The median age is 46.6; 68.9% of adults 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher (35.7% across North Carolina); the average commute takes 20 minutes.

Population329Forest Hills329
Households211Forest Hills211
Median age46.6Forest Hills46.6North Carolina39.1US 38.9
Median household income$90,313Forest Hills$90,313North Carolina$72,388US $80,734
Median gross rent$1,208Forest Hills$1,208North Carolina$1,228US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher68.9%Forest Hills68.9%North Carolina35.7%US 35.7%
Mean commute19.7 minForest Hills19.7 minNorth Carolina25.1 minUS 26.4 min
Population density663 / sq miForest Hills663 / sq mi

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates, for the census place Forest Hills village. Survey estimates carry margins of error, wider for small places. Sources and methods.

ZIP codes covering Forest Hills

These ZIP codes cover part of Forest Hills but are addressed as somewhere else.

ZIP codes overlapping Forest Hills
ZIP City Type Population Median income Median home
28723 Cullowhee , NC Standard 12,756 $45,568 $347,900

Map of Forest Hills ZIP codes

28723

The ZIP codes of Forest Hills, NC, shaded. Outlines are Census ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (2020), which approximate the mail routes; PO-box and single-address codes have no area and are not drawn. Click any area to open its ZIP code.

Towns near Forest Hills

The nearest larger towns are Cullowhee (7,973 people, 1.2 mi), Webster (470 people, 4.0 mi) and Sylva (2,646 people, 5.7 mi).

Towns near Forest Hills
TownPopulationDistance
Cullowhee 7,973 1.2 mi
Sylva 2,646 5.7 mi
Franklin 4,268 13.2 mi
Waynesville 10,502 17.2 mi
Lake Junaluska 3,175 20.5 mi
Canton 4,419 26.1 mi
Brevard 7,897 26.5 mi

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