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Forest City, MO

193 Population
1 square miles 197.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

55.6 ±3.7 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Holt County: 47.4 ±0.5
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Missouri: 39 ±0.2
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$24,489 ±$4,525 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Holt County: $35,363 ±$2,395
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Missouri: $39,695 ±$221
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$46,875 ±$11,017 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Holt County: $61,187 ±$1,572
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Missouri: $70,702 ±$325
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

17.6% ±9% (34  ±21) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Holt County: 10.2% † 422 (±2.6% / ±106)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Missouri: 12.6% 757,180 (±0.2% / ±12,002)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

22.9 minutes ±4.4 (2,105  ±1,088) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Holt County: 23.5 43,035 (±1.7 / ±3,892)
  • a little less than the figure in Missouri: 23.5 60,610,180 (±0.1 / ±367,091)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

89 ±30 Number of households
  • Holt County: 1,744 ±77
  • Missouri: 2,508,227 ±6,821
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.2 (193  ±67) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Holt County: 2.4 4,140 (±0.1 / ±14)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Missouri: 2.4 6,028,070
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

128 ±33 Number of housing units
  • Holt County: 2,405 ±31
  • Missouri: 2,825,287 ±1,043
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$46,700 ±$40,930 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about one-third of the amount in Holt County: $138,200 † ±$24,271
  • about one-fifth of the amount in Missouri: $230,300 ±$880
  • less than a fifth of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

2.6% ±9.3% (5  ±17.9) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Holt County: 5.1% † 215 (±1.4% / ±57.1)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Missouri: 12.6% 773,364 (±0.2% / ±10,610.2)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

85% ±9.5% (130  ±46.5) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Holt County: 92.8% 2,854 (±5% / ±156.3)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Missouri: 91.9% 3,897,379 (±0.3% / ±14,557)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
7.2% ±14.3% (11  ±22.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Holt County: 19.6% † 604 (±2.4% / ±74.8)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Missouri: 32.4% 1,374,703 (±0.2% / ±8,698.6)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

0.5% ±1% (1  ±2) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Holt County: 1.2% 50
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Missouri: 4.5% 277,967
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5% ±2.8% (9  ±6) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Holt County: 7.1% † 237 (±1.3% / ±44)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Missouri: 7.3% 347,543 (±0.1% / ±4,380)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
9 Total veterans ±6 9 Male ±6 N/A Female ±12

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