In Forest Park, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 30.34 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. One bright side is that local public transit is widely used, so it may be an option to avoid the headache of driving in the heavy traffic by leaving the car at home and taking transit.
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.
The rate of college-level education in Forest Park is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 12.39% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an 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.
Foreign born people are also an important part of Forest Park's cultural character, accounting for 15.45% of the city’s population.
The most common language spoken in Forest Park is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Vietnamese.
