Forest Grove is a medium-sized city located in the state of Oregon. With a population of 26,784 people and seven associated neighborhoods, Forest Grove is the 22nd largest community in Oregon.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Forest Grove is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Forest Grove is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Forest Grove who work in management occupations (12.18%), office and administrative support (11.70%), and teaching (7.22%). Also of interest is that Forest Grove has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 8.94% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. In terms of college education, Forest Grove is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 21.84% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 33.38% of adults in Forest Grove have a college degree. The per capita income in Forest Grove in 2022 was $33,147, which is middle income relative to Oregon and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $132,588 for a family of four. However, Forest Grove contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Forest Grove is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Forest Grove home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Forest Grove residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Forest Grove also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 29.44% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Forest Grove include German, Irish, English, European, and Norwegian. The most common language spoken in Forest Grove is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and German/Yiddish.
