Forest Park is a medium-sized city located in the state of Ohio. With a population of 20,033 people and six associated neighborhoods, Forest Park is the 88th largest community in Ohio.
Also of interest is that Forest Park has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 11.40% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.
The percentage of people in Forest Park who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 21.84%: 26.24% of adults in Forest Park have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Forest Park in 2022 was $32,344, which is middle income relative to Ohio and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $129,376 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 10.82% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Forest Park include German, Irish, English, African, and Italian.
Foreign born people are also an important part of Forest Park's cultural character, accounting for 16.66% of the city’s population.
The most common language spoken in Forest Park is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.