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Forest City, IA

4,280 Population
4.6 square miles 932.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

32 ±3.5 Median age
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Winnebago County: 41.7 ±0.9
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.1

Economics

$34,494 ±$6,320 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Winnebago County: $36,877 ±$2,959
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Iowa: $39,728 ±$248
$62,917 ±$14,365 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Winnebago County: $63,719 † ±$8,292
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Iowa: $73,147 ±$438

9.4% ±3.3% (354  ±127) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in Winnebago County: 9.8% † 988 (±2.3% / ±231)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Iowa: 11% 340,362 (±0.2% / ±6,363)

13.5 minutes ±2.7 (27,645  ±6,204) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Winnebago County: 15.7 76,240 (±1.6 / ±8,332)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,378,176 (±0.1 / ±224,391)

Families

1,564 ±148 Number of households
  • Winnebago County: 4,591 ±129
  • Iowa: 1,303,763 ±3,538
2.4 ±0.3 (3,762  ±224) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Winnebago County: 2.2 10,049 (±0.1 / ±18)
  • about the same as the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,097,679

7.8% ±5.2% (81  ±55) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Winnebago County: 9.1% † 192 (±4.1% / ±88)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Iowa: 5.6% 40,151 (±0.2% / ±1,434)

Housing

1,780 ±145 Number of housing units
  • Winnebago County: 5,080 ±21
  • Iowa: 1,427,175 ±397

$136,400 ±$16,805 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Winnebago County: $132,300 ±$9,510
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Iowa: $195,900 ±$929

21% ±7.3% (882  ±309.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Winnebago County: 13.4% † 1,415 (±3.1% / ±323.8)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Iowa: 13.2% 418,598 (±0.2% / ±6,426.2)

Social

93.3% ±8.6% (2,325  ±278.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Winnebago County: 94.7% 6,840 (±5.4% / ±391.8)
  • about the same as the rate in Iowa: 93.2% 1,995,357 (±0.4% / ±9,537.1)
26% ±5.6% (647  ±147.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Winnebago County: 25.1% † 1,814 (±3% / ±213.3)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Iowa: 30.9% 660,619 (±0.3% / ±6,087.5)

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

6% ±1.2% (257  ±54) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in Winnebago County: 3.2% 341
  • a little higher than the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 182,594

3.6% ±1.7% (115  ±54) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Winnebago County: 6.3% † 527 (±1.2% / ±101)
  • about half the rate in Iowa: 6.8% 166,552 (±0.1% / ±2,040)
115 Total veterans ±54 78 Male ±41 37 Female ±37

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