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Forest City, IA

4,290 Population
4.6 square miles 935.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.4 ±2.8 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Winnebago County: 42.7 ±1.4
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.2

Economics

$36,930 ±$7,317 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Winnebago County: $38,034 ±$3,624
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Iowa: $40,877 ±$247
$69,205 ±$16,191 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Winnebago County: $67,642 † ±$8,706
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Iowa: $75,059 ±$418

12.4% ±4.9% (472  ±188) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Winnebago County: 11.2% † 1,120 (±2.3% / ±231)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Iowa: 11.1% 344,519 (±0.2% / ±6,799)

12.1 minutes ±1.8 (24,390  ±4,467) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Winnebago County: 14.7 71,025 (±0.9 / ±5,579)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,362,076 (±0.1 / ±233,595)

Families

1,653 ±127 Number of households
  • Winnebago County: 4,641 ±125
  • Iowa: 1,315,707 ±3,984
2.3 ±0.2 (3,795  ±216) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Winnebago County: 2.2 10,009 (±0.1 / ±19)
  • a little less than the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,111,021

8.7% ±6.2% (84  ±61) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Winnebago County: 7.2% † 149 (±3.9% / ±81)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 41,080 (±0.2% / ±1,625)

Housing

1,775 ±134 Number of housing units
  • Winnebago County: 5,077 ±28
  • Iowa: 1,437,699 ±523

$143,500 ±$21,365 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Winnebago County: $135,000 ±$10,626
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Iowa: $208,000 ±$1,141

20.1% ±7.2% (847  ±304.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Winnebago County: 13.6% † 1,418 (±3.1% / ±318.5)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Iowa: 12.9% 408,833 (±0.3% / ±7,883.1)

Social

95.5% ±9.5% (2,502  ±301.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Winnebago County: 94.7% 6,948 (±5.6% / ±413.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Iowa: 93.3% 2,008,851 (±0.4% / ±9,325.6)
29.2% ±6.1% (765  ±168.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Winnebago County: 26.1% † 1,913 (±3.1% / ±226.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Iowa: 31.4% 676,908 (±0.3% / ±5,442.9)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

6.8% ±2.1% (292  ±91) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in Winnebago County: 3.5% 372
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Iowa: 5.9% 189,988

3.5% ±1.7% (117  ±56) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Winnebago County: 6.3% † 523 (±1.3% / ±105)
  • about half the rate in Iowa: 6.5% 160,571 (±0.1% / ±2,289)
117 Total veterans ±56 88 Male ±51 29 Female ±35

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