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Forest City, NC (North Carolina) Houses and Residents

Estimated median house or condo value in 2022: $163,176 (it was $61,700 in 2000)
Forest City:

$163,176
North Carolina:

$280,600
Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $91,906 - $246,469

Mean price in 2022:

Detached houses: $164,133
Here:

$164,133
State:

$375,326

Townhouses or other attached units: $223,948
Here:

$223,948
State:

$317,935

Mobile homes: $116,707
Here:

$116,707
State:

$124,933

Total population: 7,324 (All urban)

Houses: 3,339 (2,777 occupied: 1,260 owner occupied, 1,557 renter occupied)

% of renters here:

55%
State:

33%

Housing density: 406 houses/condos per square mile

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2022: $1,023,112.

Median contract rent in 2022: $516 (lower quartile is $381, upper quartile is $700)


Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2022: $3,171


Median gross rent in Forest City, NC in 2022: $742

Housing units in Forest City with a mortgage: 582 (26 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 28 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 97

Median household income for houses/condos with a mortgage: $65,026

Median household income for apartments without a mortgage: $43,007

Median monthly housing costs: $719

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Forest City, North Carolina Age and Sex of Residents
Median year house/condo built: 1965

Median year apartment built: 1970

Household type by relationship:

Households: 7,517
  • Male householders: 902 (378 living alone), Female householders: 1,847 (629 living alone)
  • 651 spouses (621 opposite-sex spouses), 146 unmarried partners, (146 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 2,442 children (2,311 natural, 8 adopted, 122 stepchildren), 708 grandchildren, 106 brothers or sisters, 163 parents, 0 foster children, 128 other relatives, 290 non-relatives
  • In group quarters: 130

Size of family households: 621 2-persons, 401 3-persons, 249 4-persons, 102 5-persons, 78 6-persons, 183 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 1,025 1-person, 167 2-persons.

644 married couples with children.
951 single-parent households (307 men, 644 women).

92.4% of residents of Forest City speak English at home.
4.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (80% speak English very well, 17% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
1.8% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (47% speak English very well, 53% speak English not well).
0.6% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).

Foreign born population: 258 (3.4%)
(53.1% of them are naturalized citizens)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:
Here:

6.5
State:

6.4

Median number of rooms in apartments
Here:

4.4
State:

4.4

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied
Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Forest City, North Carolina
  • Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Forest City, North Carolina
  • 0no bedroom
  • 171 bedroom
  • 2352 bedrooms
  • 7343 bedrooms
  • 2444 bedrooms
  • 315+ bedrooms
Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Forest City, North Carolina
  • Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Forest City, North Carolina
  • 136no bedroom
  • 1981 bedroom
  • 8062 bedrooms
  • 3773 bedrooms
  • 404 bedrooms
  • 05+ bedrooms
Owner-occupied Renter-occupied
Cars and other vehicles available in Forest City in owner-occupied houses/condos
  • Cars and other vehicles available in Forest City in owner-occupied houses/condos
  • 43no vehicle
  • 5141 vehicle
  • 3232 vehicles
  • 1693 vehicles
  • 1874 vehicles
  • 255+ vehicles
Cars and other vehicles available in Forest City in renter-occupied apartments
  • Cars and other vehicles available in Forest City in renter-occupied apartments
  • 230no vehicle
  • 9241 vehicle
  • 2952 vehicles
  • 1083 vehicles
  • 04 vehicles
  • 05+ vehicles
Owner-occupied Renter-occupied
Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Forest City, North Carolina
  • Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Forest City, North Carolina
  • 01 room
  • 02 rooms
  • 03 rooms
  • 1404 rooms
  • 2385 rooms
  • 2416 rooms
  • 2847 rooms
  • 2158 rooms
  • 1439+ rooms
Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Forest City, North Carolina
  • Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Forest City, North Carolina
  • 1361 room
  • 492 rooms
  • 1123 rooms
  • 5144 rooms
  • 4435 rooms
  • 1706 rooms
  • 637 rooms
  • 708 rooms
  • 09+ rooms
Year house built
Median 2022 house/condo value by year built
Median house/condo value by year householder moved into unit
Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders
Forest City town income, earnings, and wages data

  • Forest City, NC household income distribution

  • Distribution of median household income in Forest City, NC in 2022
  • 232Less than $10,000
  • 476$10,000 to $19,999
  • 418$20,000 to $29,999
  • 326$30,000 to $39,999
  • 313$40,000 to $49,999
  • 107$50,000 to $59,999
  • 311$60,000 to $74,999
  • 274$75,000 to $99,999
  • 79$100,000 to $124,999
  • 83$125,000 to $149,999
  • 56$150,000 to $199,999
  • 101$200,000 or more

  • Home value of owner - occupied houses in 2022 in Forest City, NC

  • Distribution of house value in Forest City, NC in 2022
  • 7Less than $10,000
  • 4$10,000 to $14,999
  • 7$15,000 to $19,999
  • 12$25,000 to $29,999
  • 84$35,000 to $39,999
  • 36$40,000 to $49,999
  • 27$50,000 to $59,999
  • 54$60,000 to $69,999
  • 72$70,000 to $79,999
  • 16$80,000 to $89,999
  • 42$90,000 to $99,999
  • 88$100,000 to $124,999
  • 139$125,000 to $149,999
  • 110$150,000 to $174,999
  • 31$175,000 to $199,999
  • 130$200,000 to $249,999
  • 41$250,000 to $299,999
  • 151$300,000 to $399,999
  • 19$400,000 to $499,999
  • 21$500,000 to $749,999

  • Rent paid by renters in 2022 in Forest City, NC

  • Distribution of rent paid by renters in Forest City, NC in 2022
  • 82Less than $100
  • 67$100 to $149
  • 37$200 to $249
  • 21$250 to $299
  • 95$300 to $349
  • 102$350 to $399
  • 121$400 to $449
  • 185$450 to $499
  • 61$500 to $549
  • 69$550 to $599
  • 148$600 to $649
  • 158$650 to $699
  • 25$700 to $749
  • 37$750 to $799
  • 34$800 to $899
  • 4$1,000 to $1,249
  • 19$1,250 to $1,499
  • 33$2,000 to $2,499
  • 71$3,500 or more
  • 60No cash rent
Work and jobs in Forest City: detailed stats about occupations, industries, unemployment, workers, commute
Time Leaving Home To Go To Work in 2022

Percentage of workers working in this county: 73.5%
Number of people working at home: 134 (5.1% of all workers)

Travel time (in minutes) to work in 2022

Travel time to work (commute)

  • Less than 5 minutes: 144
  • 5 to 9 minutes: 570
  • 10 to 14 minutes: 281
  • 15 to 19 minutes: 492
  • 20 to 24 minutes: 217
  • 25 to 29 minutes: 35
  • 30 to 34 minutes: 99
  • 35 to 39 minutes: 39
  • 40 to 44 minutes: 48
  • 45 to 59 minutes: 237
  • 60 to 89 minutes: 81
  • 90 or more minutes: 158
Means of transportation to work in 2022 - Forest City

Means of transportation to work:

  • Drove a car alone: 5,136 (81.1%)
  • Carpooled: 593 (9.4%)
  • Bus: 10 (0.2%)
  • Taxi: 130 (2.1%)
  • Bicycle: 9 (0.1%)
  • Walked: 44 (0.7%)
  • Worked at home: 134 (2.1%)
Class of Workers in 2022
  • Unemployment by race in 2022
  • Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic residents
  • 2.4%Males
  • 9.0%Females
  • Unemployment rate for Black residents
  • 5.2%Females
  • Unemployment rate for other race residents
  • 81.5%Males
  • Unemployment rate for two or more race residents
  • 13.3%Males
  • 7.8%Females
  • Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino residents
  • 46.5%Males
Races in Forest City detailed stats: ancestries, foreign born residents, place of birth
Year of entry for the foreign-born population in Forest City, North Carolina
  • Year of entry for the foreign-born population in Forest City, North Carolina
  • 1352010 or later
  • 872000 to 2009
  • 91990 to 1999
  • 251980 to 1989
  • 211970 to 1979
  • 24Before 1970
Ancestries in Forest City, NC

First ancestries reported:

  • American: 559 (13.3%)
  • German: 356 (8.4%)
  • Irish: 213 (5.1%)
  • English: 162 (3.8%)
  • Scotch-Irish: 69 (1.6%)
  • Scottish: 54 (1.3%)
  • African: 43 (1.0%)
  • Italian: 37 (0.9%)
  • French: 19 (0.5%)
  • Estonian: 13 (0.3%)
  • Welsh: 12 (0.3%)
  • Trinidadian and Tobagonian: 10 (0.2%)
  • Eastern European: 8 (0.2%)
  • British: 4 (0.09%)

Most common places of birth for foreign-born residents (%):

Vietnam
Forest City:

51.9% (134)
North Carolina:

2.9% (24,965)

Colombia
Forest City:

39.5% (102)
North Carolina:

2.1% (18,275)

Mexico
Forest City:

7.8% (20)
North Carolina:

24.7% (214,776)

Other Eastern Europe
Forest City:

5.8% (15)
North Carolina:

0.2% (1,928)

Trinidad and Tobago
Forest City:

4.3% (11)
North Carolina:

0.4% (3,587)

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

  • This state: 5,389
  • Other state: 1,730
  • Northeast: 365
  • Midwest: 127
  • South: 945
  • West: 292

86.3% of Forest City residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 31.3% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 36.2% lived in North Carolina.


Forest City:

86.3%
State average:

87.3%

Education attainment for males 25 years and older:

  • No schooling: 35
  • Nursery to 4th grade: 6
  • 5th and 6th grade: 10
  • 7th and 8th grade: 47
  • 9th grade: 63
  • 10th grade: 56
  • 11th grade: 15
  • 12th grade, no diploma: 8
  • High school graduate (or equivalency): 646
  • Less than 1 year of college: 162
  • Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 287
  • Associate degree: 94
  • Bachelor's degree: 224
  • Master's degree: 0
  • Professional school degree: 17
  • Doctorate degree: 38
Educational Attainment for Males

Education attainment for females 25 years and older:

  • No schooling: 35
  • Nursery to 4th grade: 45
  • 5th and 6th grade: 11
  • 7th and 8th grade: 11
  • 9th grade: 27
  • 10th grade: 14
  • 11th grade: 30
  • 12th grade, no diploma: 126
  • High school graduate (or equivalency): 746
  • Less than 1 year of college: 553
  • Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 474
  • Associate degree: 272
  • Bachelor's degree: 347
  • Master's degree: 214
  • Professional school degree: 0
  • Doctorate degree: 15
Educational Attainment for Females
Forest City marital status for males
Forest City marital status for females

Housing units in structures:

  • One, detached: 2,292
  • One, attached: 49
  • Two: 44
  • 3 or 4: 325
  • 5 to 9: 358
  • 10 to 19: 33
  • 20 to 49: 107
  • 50 or more: 27
  • Mobile homes: 101
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities in 2022: 7.1%

House/condo owner moved in on average 19 years ago

Renter moved in on average 2 years ago

Year householders moved into residence in Forest City
Houses and condos Apartments
Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos in Forest City, NC
  • 46.3%Electricity
  • 41.8%Utility gas
  • 3.8%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
  • 2.9%No fuel used
  • 2.7%Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.
  • 1.7%Wood
  • 0.7%Other fuel
Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments in Forest City, NC
  • 80.5%Electricity
  • 12.1%Utility gas
  • 4.1%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
  • 3.3%Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 18
Here:

1.9%
North Carolina:

13.8%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 46
Here:

8.2%
North Carolina:

11.9%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 17
Here:

7.2%
North Carolina:

19.3%
School Enrollment by Level of School for Male Students
School Enrollment by Level of School for Female Students
Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Noninstitutionalized Residents with Employment Disability
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