Forest City is a somewhat small town located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 7,397 people and six associated neighborhoods, Forest City is the 125th largest community in North Carolina.

Also of interest is that Forest City has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

In terms of college education, the citizens of Forest City rank slightly lower than the national average. 14.66% of adults 25 and older in Forest City have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 21.84% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community.

The per capita income in Forest City in 2022 was $21,314, which is low income relative to North Carolina and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $85,256 for a family of four. However, Forest City contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Forest City also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 32.07% of its population below the federal poverty line.

Forest City is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Forest City home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Forest City residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Forest City also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 10.47% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Forest City include German, Irish, English, Scots-Irish, and Scottish.

The most common language spoken in Forest City is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.