One downside of living in Forest Park is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Forest Park, the average commute to work is 30.34 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. On the other hand, local public transit is widely used in the city, so leaving the car at home and taking transit is often a viable alternative.
Forest Park, even though it is a small city, has many people who use public transportation every day to get to and from work. This is a great benefit for people in the, city who have a need for low-cost transportation.
The percentage of people in Forest Park with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 12.39% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Forest Park in 2022 was $20,263, which is low income relative to Georgia and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $81,052 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 27.45% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Forest Park include Irish, African, English, German, and Jamaican.
Forest Park also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 15.45%.
The most common language spoken in Forest Park is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Vietnamese.
