Being a small city, Forest does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The education level of Forest citizens, measured as those with bachelor's degrees or advanced degrees, is similar to the national average for all American cities and towns. 19.86% of adults 25 and older in Forest have a college degree.
The per capita income in Forest in 2022 was $22,252, which is lower middle income relative to Mississippi, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $89,008 for a family of four. However, Forest contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Forest also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 33.82% of its population below the federal poverty line.
Forest is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Forest home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Forest residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Forest also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 35.97% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Forest include Irish, English, Pennsylvania German, Welsh, and Scottish.
Forest also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 17.73%.
The most common language spoken in Forest is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.
