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Forest City Community School District, IA

7,414 Population
232.3 square miles 31.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.2 ±2.9 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Hancock County: 44.6 ±0.4
  • about the same as the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$39,999 ±$5,611 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Hancock County: $38,092 ±$3,155
  • about the same as the amount in Iowa: $40,877 ±$247
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$71,141 ±$12,520 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Hancock County: $70,601 ±$3,185
  • a little less than the amount in Iowa: $75,059 ±$418
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

13.3% ±3.8% (919  ±265) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Hancock County: 12.2% † 1,267 (±2.3% / ±243)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Iowa: 11.1% 344,519 (±0.2% / ±6,799)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

15.5 minutes ±1.5 (53,560  ±6,877) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Hancock County: 19.1 93,270 (±1.8 / ±9,707)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,362,076 (±0.1 / ±233,595)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

3,095 ±202 Number of households
  • Hancock County: 4,673 ±123
  • Iowa: 1,315,707 ±3,984
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.2 (6,919  ±390) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Hancock County: 2.2 10,444 (±0.1 / ±41)
  • a little less than the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,111,021
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

7.8% ±4% (123  ±64) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Hancock County: 8.5% † 176 (±3.4% / ±70)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 41,080 (±0.2% / ±1,625)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

3,349 ±202 Number of housing units
  • Hancock County: 5,116 ±28
  • Iowa: 1,437,699 ±523
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$149,000 ±$16,163 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Hancock County: $141,400 † ±$15,613
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Iowa: $208,000 ±$1,141
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

14.7% ±4.3% (1,072  ±319.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Hancock County: 10.1% † 1,060 (±2.8% / ±295.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Iowa: 12.9% 408,833 (±0.3% / ±7,883.1)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

95.2% ±5.6% (4,708  ±389.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Hancock County: 91.4% 6,943 (±5.4% / ±415.5)
  • about the same as the rate in Iowa: 93.3% 2,008,851 (±0.4% / ±9,325.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
24.7% ±3.6% (1,224  ±193.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Hancock County: 20.5% † 1,554 (±2.7% / ±204)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Iowa: 31.4% 676,908 (±0.3% / ±5,442.9)
  • about two-thirds 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

4.4% ±1.3% (326  ±96) Foreign-born population
  • about double the rate in Hancock County: 2.2% 229
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Iowa: 5.9% 189,988
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

4.6% ±1.4% (262  ±82) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Hancock County: 7.6% † 638 (±1.2% / ±104)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Iowa: 6.5% 160,571 (±0.1% / ±2,289)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
262 Total veterans ±82 232 Male ±73 30 Female ±36

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