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Forest Park, GA

19,504 Population
9.2 square miles 2,115.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.1 ±3.5 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metro Area: 37.2 ±0.1
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Georgia: 37.6 ±0.1

Economics

$20,263 ±$2,137 Per capita income
  • about two-fifths of the amount in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metro Area: $46,309 ±$239
  • about half the amount in Georgia: $40,924 ±$189
$41,211 ±$3,495 Median household income
  • about half the amount in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metro Area: $89,724 ±$630
  • about half the amount in Georgia: $77,353 ±$407

20.3% ±5.2% (3,783  ±975) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metro Area: 11% 675,593 (±0.2% / ±13,321)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Georgia: 13.4% 1,430,012 (±0.2% / ±19,111)

29.1 minutes ±2.7 (200,050  ±28,101) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metro Area: 31.1 76,506,050 (±0.2 / ±575,684)
  • a little higher than the figure in Georgia: 28.3 122,472,520 (±0.1 / ±758,338)

Families

6,690 ±485 Number of households
  • the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metro Area: 2,313,055 ±5,155
  • Georgia: 4,074,366 ±9,635
2.8 ±0.2 (18,775  ±85) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metro Area: 2.7 6,170,998 (±0 / ±747)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Georgia: 2.6 10,690,640

5.2% ±2.6% (235  ±118) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metro Area: 5% 79,078 (±0.2% / ±2,916)
  • about the same as the rate in Georgia: 5.2% 138,514 (±0.1% / ±3,547)

Housing

7,290 ±527 Number of housing units
  • the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metro Area: 2,497,322 ±696
  • Georgia: 4,541,835 ±1,384

$143,400 ±$13,711 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-fifths of the amount in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metro Area: $367,600 ±$1,259
  • about half the amount in Georgia: $303,300 ±$1,171

11% ±3.5% (2,124  ±685.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metro Area: 13.1% 808,708 (±0.2% / ±13,610.1)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Georgia: 13% 1,406,528 (±0.2% / ±17,564.4)

Social

75.1% ±6.4% (8,911  ±942.7) High school grad or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metro Area: 91% 3,834,568 (±0.4% / ±18,007.5)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Georgia: 89.2% 6,568,251 (±0.3% / ±23,992)
12.4% ±2.6% (1,471  ±316.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metro Area: 42.2% 1,776,753 (±0.3% / ±11,460.3)
  • about one-third of the rate in Georgia: 35% 2,571,913 (±0.2% / ±14,805.2)

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

15.5% ±3.1% (3,014  ±594) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metro Area: 15.2% 950,509
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Georgia: 11.2% 1,222,778

3.9% ±1.6% (534  ±224) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metro Area: 6.2% 297,591 (±0.1% / ±5,117)
  • about half the rate in Georgia: 7.2% 601,304 (±0.1% / ±7,700)
534 Total veterans ±224 497 Male ±215 37 Female ±62

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