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Forest, VA

11,559 Population
13.6 square miles 849.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.7 ±3.2 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Lynchburg, VA Metro Area: 40 ±0.3
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Virginia: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$45,115 ±$4,254 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the Lynchburg, VA Metro Area: $33,747 ±$777
  • a little less than the amount in Virginia: $47,210 ±$250
$78,327 ±$10,833 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Lynchburg, VA Metro Area: $64,307 ±$1,710
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Virginia: $87,249 ±$428

5.6% ±1.8% (638  ±213) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in the Lynchburg, VA Metro Area: 12.2% 30,331 (±0.9% / ±2,111)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Virginia: 10% 836,686 (±0.2% / ±13,817)

21.9 minutes ±3.9 (105,190  ±13,127) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Lynchburg, VA Metro Area: 23 2,537,245 (±0.5 / ±63,610)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Virginia: 27.9 102,838,440 (±0.1 / ±510,749)

Families

4,865 ±327 Number of households
  • the Lynchburg, VA Metro Area: 102,979 ±988
  • Virginia: 3,289,776 ±7,149
2.4 ±0.1 (11,503  ±879) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Lynchburg, VA Metro Area: 2.4 249,150 (±0 / ±280)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Virginia: 2.6 8,387,705

2.8% ±2.2% (71  ±58) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in the Lynchburg, VA Metro Area: 5.6% † 3,435 (±0.7% / ±400)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Virginia: 4.9% 99,601 (±0.1% / ±2,603)

Housing

4,964 ±322 Number of housing units
  • the Lynchburg, VA Metro Area: 117,990 ±143
  • Virginia: 3,625,285 ±444

$309,500 ±$18,070 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in the Lynchburg, VA Metro Area: $209,000 ±$4,265
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Virginia: $339,800 ±$1,199

18.6% ±4.4% (2,143  ±,535.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Lynchburg, VA Metro Area: 14.3% 37,165 (±0.8% / ±2,054.2)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Virginia: 14% 1,195,825 (±0.2% / ±13,298.2)

Social

96.1% ±4% (7,986  ±,644.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Lynchburg, VA Metro Area: 90.7% 159,709 (±1.5% / ±2,586.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in Virginia: 91.1% 5,393,325 (±0.3% / ±19,092.4)
47.2% ±4.5% (3,920  ±,464.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Lynchburg, VA Metro Area: 29.9% 52,653 (±0.9% / ±1,513.1)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Virginia: 41% 2,424,822 (±0.2% / ±12,462.2)

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

4.1% ±1.5% (476  ±178) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Lynchburg, VA Metro Area: 3.1% 8,111
  • about one-third of the rate in Virginia: 12.6% 1,089,605

9.2% ±2.1% (872  ±205) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Lynchburg, VA Metro Area: 8.2% 17,282 (±0.4% / ±862)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Virginia: 9.9% 654,068 (±0.1% / ±5,127)
872 Total veterans ±205 791 Male ±202 81 Female ±81

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