Being a small city, Forest does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The citizens of Forest are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 14.71% of adults in Forest have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree
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.
