Forney is a medium-sized city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 32,108 people and ten associated neighborhoods, Forney is the 134th largest community in Texas. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in Forney, you'll find that a large proportion of houses were recently built. New growth in residential real estate is an indication that people are choosing to move to Forney, and putting down their money on brand new construction. Forney’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. Forney does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income is $102,107.00. Forney real estate is some of the most expensive in Texas, although Forney house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Forney is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Forney is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Forney who work in office and administrative support (14.07%), management occupations (10.93%), and healthcare (10.52%). Also of interest is that Forney 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: 9.50% 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. One downside of living in Forney, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 34.18 minutes every day commuting to work. Even though Forney is not a small city, it doesn't have a public transportation system that anybody uses for their daily commute to work.In terms of college education, Forney 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: 32.71% of adults in Forney have a college degree. The per capita income in Forney in 2022 was $37,044, which is upper middle income relative to Texas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $148,176 for a family of four. However, Forney contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Forney is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Forney home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Forney residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Forney also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 18.00% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Forney include English, German, Irish, Scottish, and Italian. The most common language spoken in Forney is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
