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Forest, LA

336 Population
1.7 square miles 201 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

25.7 ±18.4 Median age
  • about three-fifths of the figure in West Carroll Parish: 41.4 ±0.6
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Louisiana: 37.8 ±0.1

Economics

$18,600 ±$5,262 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in West Carroll Parish: $28,876 ±$2,757
  • about half the amount in Louisiana: $34,211 ±$247
$45,625 ±$25,541 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in West Carroll Parish: $48,514 † ±$7,606
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Louisiana: $60,023 ±$491

13.4% ±10.3% (45  ±40) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in West Carroll Parish: 15.7% † 1,473 (±4.6% / ±431)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Louisiana: 18.9% 848,769 (±0.3% / ±14,766)

21.6 minutes ±16.5 (1,620  ±1,557) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in West Carroll Parish: 23.1 80,445 (±1.9 / ±9,254)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Louisiana: 25.8 47,566,968 (±0.2 / ±402,285)

Families

98 ±39 Number of households
  • West Carroll Parish: 3,875 ±165
  • Louisiana: 1,783,168 ±5,717
3.4 ±0.7 (336  ±149) Persons per household
  • about 1.4 times the figure in West Carroll Parish: 2.4 9,353 (±0.1 / ±43)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Louisiana: 2.5 4,497,152

6.7% ±10.3% (6  ±10) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in West Carroll Parish: 5% † 97 (±3.5% / ±67)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Louisiana: 5.6% 60,096 (±0.2% / ±2,274)

Housing

114 ±45 Number of housing units
  • West Carroll Parish: 4,691 ±37
  • Louisiana: 2,094,002 ±454

$95,000 ±$75,163 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in West Carroll Parish: $97,600 † ±$14,843
  • about half the amount in Louisiana: $208,700 ±$1,365

2.8% ±7.2% (9  ±23.5) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in West Carroll Parish: 5.9% † 559 (±2.9% / ±269.6)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Louisiana: 11.9% 543,392 (±0.2% / ±10,090.1)

Social

82.7% ±46.1% (143  ±52.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in West Carroll Parish: 83.7% 5,623 (±6.2% / ±417.1)
  • a little less than the rate in Louisiana: 86.9% 2,702,854 (±0.5% / ±14,218.9)
13.9% ±16.3% (24  ±29.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in West Carroll Parish: 14.1% † 949 (±2.8% / ±190.6)
  • about half the rate in Louisiana: 26.6% 825,794 (±0.3% / ±7,861)

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

1.2% ±1.1% (4  ±4) Foreign-born population
  • a little higher than the rate in West Carroll Parish: 1.2% 112
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Louisiana: 4.7% 218,450

9.5% ±11.4% (21  ±27) Population with veteran status
  • nearly double the rate in West Carroll Parish: 5% † 372 (±1.6% / ±121)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Louisiana: 6.2% 217,225 (±0.1% / ±3,492)
21 Total veterans ±27 10 Male ±15 11 Female ±17

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