Forrest City.
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Arkansas·St. Francis County
3 tracts·13K people·$92K median·652/mi²
Black 73 · White 21 · Hispanic 5 · Multiracial 1 · Other 0 · Asian 0
Living alone 41 · Other 31 · Married couple 27
Health 36 · Retail 21 · Manufacturing 12 · Leisure 11 · Public admin 11 · Professional 9
Management · business · science · arts 30 · Production · transport 27 · Service 18 · Sales · office 17 · Construction · maintenance 9
Drive alone 79 · Carpool 26 · Work from home 3 · Walk 2 · Transit 0 · Bike 0
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Rep-tract reading · FEMA National Risk Index, national ranks 0–100; the tick is the national median
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The median home value in Forrest City is $92,000 (Census ACS) — 0.2× the US median of $458,812.
Forrest City has 12,646 residents across 3 census tracts and 3 named neighborhoods (Census ACS).
The median age is 36.9; the population is 73.1% Black, 20.8% White, 4.8% Hispanic or Latino, 0.6% Multiracial, 0.4% Other and 0.2% Asian; the average household has 2.5 people; 13.8% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher; the poverty rate is 37.7% (Census ACS).
CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (22%) and STEWART ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (22%) lead the elementary schools; LINCOLN ACADEMY (19%) and FORREST CITY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL (17%) lead the middle schools; FORREST CITY HIGH SCHOOL is the high school with reported scores (13%). Average of ELA and math proficiency (state DOE / NCES).
Median gross rent is $805/month, 49% below the US median (Census ACS).
The median household income in Forrest City is $35,689 a year, 59% below the US median (Census ACS).
In Forrest City, median rent is $805/month and the median home value is $92,000 (Census ACS).
Forrest City reported 18.7 violent crimes and 34.5 property crimes per 1,000 residents (FBI UCR, 2023).
Summer highs average 91°F; winter lows average 34°F; there are 71 comfortable days a year; annual precipitation is 52 inches; snowfall averages 2 inches a year (NOAA GridMET).
The highest-rated natural hazards in Forrest City are tornado (100), strong wind (99) and ice storm (99), scored 0–100 against all US communities (FEMA National Risk Index). Peak ground shaking is 0.79g (USGS; 2% chance in 50 years).
Forrest City scores 6.5 out of 20 on the EPA National Walkability Index, vs a US average of 12.3; 1.8% of workers walk to work (EPA Smart Location Database; Census ACS).