Residents of the city have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 16.43 minutes getting to work every day.
Being a small city, Forrest City does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The rate of college-level education in Forrest City is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 12.67% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree.
The per capita income in Forrest City in 2022 was $16,551, which is low income relative to Arkansas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $66,204 for a family of four. Forrest City also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 35.30% of its population below the federal poverty line.
Forrest City is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Forrest City home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Forrest City residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Forrest City include German, Irish, French, English, and African.
The most common language spoken in Forrest City is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.
