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Forest, VA

12,476 Population
13.6 square miles 917.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.1 ±3 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in the Lynchburg, VA Metro Area: 40 ±0.3
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Virginia: 38.8 ±0.1

Economics

$45,287 ±$4,011 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the Lynchburg, VA Metro Area: $35,474 ±$759
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Virginia: $49,217 ±$253
$78,825 ±$10,039 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Lynchburg, VA Metro Area: $67,782 ±$1,485
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Virginia: $90,974 ±$485

7.5% ±2.5% (927  ±320) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Lynchburg, VA Metro Area: 11.7% 29,183 (±0.8% / ±1,986)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Virginia: 9.9% 834,866 (±0.2% / ±13,292)

21.5 minutes ±0.3 (106,730  ±11,876) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Lynchburg, VA Metro Area: 22.9 2,482,615 (±0.3 / ±57,624)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Virginia: 27.6 99,473,730 (±0.1 / ±440,621)

Families

5,090 ±279 Number of households
  • the Lynchburg, VA Metro Area: 102,730 ±1,035
  • Virginia: 3,326,260 ±8,075
2.4 ±0.1 (12,411  ±741) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Lynchburg, VA Metro Area: 2.4 249,676 (±0 / ±245)
  • a little less than the figure in Virginia: 2.5 8,421,111

2.6% ±1.9% (78  ±58) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in the Lynchburg, VA Metro Area: 5.2% † 3,205 (±0.7% / ±415)
  • about half the rate in Virginia: 5% 102,110 (±0.1% / ±2,842)

Housing

5,193 ±294 Number of housing units
  • the Lynchburg, VA Metro Area: 118,436 ±152
  • Virginia: 3,654,784 ±946

$319,100 ±$15,127 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the Lynchburg, VA Metro Area: $224,600 ±$3,847
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Virginia: $360,700 ±$1,182

18% ±4.7% (2,231  ±599) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Lynchburg, VA Metro Area: 13.6% 35,370 (±0.8% / ±1,989.7)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Virginia: 13.5% 1,160,281 (±0.2% / ±13,601.2)

Social

95.3% ±4.9% (8,330  ±663.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Lynchburg, VA Metro Area: 90.9% 161,157 (±1.5% / ±2,646.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in Virginia: 91.3% 5,442,729 (±0.3% / ±19,700.2)
48.4% ±4.4% (4,234  ±461.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Lynchburg, VA Metro Area: 30.9% 54,716 (±0.8% / ±1,449)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Virginia: 41.5% 2,471,630 (±0.2% / ±12,953.7)

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

4% ±1.4% (502  ±171) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Lynchburg, VA Metro Area: 3.2% 8,476
  • about one-third of the rate in Virginia: 12.9% 1,120,207

7.7% ±2.5% (770  ±252) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in the Lynchburg, VA Metro Area: 8% 16,828 (±0.4% / ±887)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Virginia: 9.6% 637,971 (±0.1% / ±5,935)
770 Total veterans ±252 676 Male ±218 94 Female ±99

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