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Forest City, NC

7,368 Population
8.6 square miles 859.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.8 ±6 Median age
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Forest City, NC Micro Area: 45.3 ±0.4
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$21,285 ±$3,927 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Forest City, NC Micro Area: $29,217 ±$1,497
  • about half the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$35,897 ±$4,517 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Forest City, NC Micro Area: $49,771 ±$2,569
  • about half the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

33.6% ±7% (2,449  ±514) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in the Forest City, NC Micro Area: 17.6% † 11,196 (±1.9% / ±1,232)
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

27 minutes ±3.6 (69,665  ±12,313) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in the Forest City, NC Micro Area: 26.3 645,165 (±1.2 / ±40,126)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

2,645 ±223 Number of households
  • the Forest City, NC Micro Area: 26,589 ±473
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
2.7 ±0.2 (7,234  ±39) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Forest City, NC Micro Area: 2.4 63,589 (±0 / ±23)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

16.6% ±7.7% (274  ±132) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in the Forest City, NC Micro Area: 6.1% † 834 (±1.5% / ±206)
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 127,227 (±0.1% / ±3,580)

Housing

3,244 ±264 Number of housing units
  • the Forest City, NC Micro Area: 32,682 ±39
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$142,100 ±$24,668 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Forest City, NC Micro Area: $180,800 ±$8,750
  • about half the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

12.5% ±3.8% (902  ±273.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Forest City, NC Micro Area: 11.7% † 7,519 (±1.6% / ±1,030.7)
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

85.8% ±8.5% (3,933  ±471.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Forest City, NC Micro Area: 86.6% 40,757 (±3.1% / ±1,448.8)
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
17.2% ±5% (788  ±236.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Forest City, NC Micro Area: 20.7% 9,735 (±1.5% / ±717.6)
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 34.7% 2,521,353 (±0.2% / ±14,597.5)

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

5.7% ±3.1% (417  ±227) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Forest City, NC Micro Area: 3.2% 2,088
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923

7.6% ±2.6% (399  ±138) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in the Forest City, NC Micro Area: 8% † 4,122 (±1% / ±528)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
399 Total veterans ±138 261 Male ±131 138 Female ±105

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