Despite the fact that it is a small city, Forest Park has quite a few people who take public transportation – mostly the bus - for their daily commute to work. This helps to fill a real need in the city for affordable transportation.
In Forest Park, just 10.26% of people have at least a bachelor's degree, which is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%.
The per capita income in Forest Park in 2022 was $20,145, which is low income relative to Georgia and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $80,580 for a family of four. However, Forest Park contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Forest Park is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Forest Park home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Forest Park residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Forest Park also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 23.04% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Forest Park include Irish, African, English, Jamaican, and German.
Foreign born people are also an important part of Forest Park's cultural character, accounting for 15.25% of the city’s population.
The most common language spoken in Forest Park is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Vietnamese.
