Georgia · Census place 30536
Forest Park city, GA
Quick answer
Forest Park city has 19,619 residents, ranking #57 of 675 places in Georgia. Median household income is $42,286, the median home is worth $119,000 and median gross rent runs $1,101 a month.
- Population
- 19,619Forest Park city residents
- Median household income
- $42,286Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $119,000Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $1,101Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 32.4 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 38.5%Owner-occupied households
What the numbers mean in Forest Park city
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the Forest Park city median would spend about 31.2% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 2.8× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 16.2% of residents and 38.5% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
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