Forest is a somewhat small city located in the state of Mississippi. With a population of 5,330 people and three associated neighborhoods, Forest is the 65th largest community in Mississippi.Forest is a blue-collar town, with 40.31% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Forest is a city of sales and office workers, service providers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Forest who work in office and administrative support (10.47%), management occupations (9.51%), and food service (8.51%). Forest, even though it is a small city, has many people who use public transportation every day to get to and from work. This is a great benefit for people in the, city who have a need for low-cost transportation.The percentage of people in Forest with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 12.85% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Forest in 2022 was $21,007, 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 $84,028 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 29.97% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Forest include English, Irish, German, Scottish, and Pennsylvania German. Forest also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 19.57%. The most common language spoken in Forest is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and African languages.
