Forest is a somewhat small city located in the state of Mississippi. With a population of 5,279 people and three associated neighborhoods, Forest is the 65th largest community in Mississippi.Forest is a blue-collar town, with 39.93% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Forest is a city of service providers, professionals, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Forest who work in management occupations (10.73%), food service (8.25%), and healthcare (6.48%). Being a small city, Forest does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.In terms of college education, the citizens of Forest rank slightly lower than the national average. 14.71% of adults 25 and older in Forest have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 21.84% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community. The per capita income in Forest in 2022 was $20,570, which is lower middle income relative to Mississippi, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $82,280 for a family of four. However, Forest contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Forest is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Forest home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Forest residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Forest also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 29.21% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Forest include Irish, English, Scottish, Welsh, and German. In addition, Forest has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (16.61%). The most common language spoken in Forest is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.
