Forest is a somewhat small town located in the state of Virginia. With a population of 11,709 people and three associated neighborhoods, Forest is the 69th largest community in Virginia.Forest is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Forest is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Forest who work in sales jobs (12.78%), teaching (12.51%), and management occupations (11.62%). Also of interest is that Forest 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: 12.95% 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. As is often the case in a small town, Forest doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.The education level of Forest ranks among the highest in the nation. Of the 25-and-older adult population in Forest, 47.15% have at least a bachelor's degree. The typical US community has just 21.84% of its adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree. The per capita income in Forest in 2022 was $45,115, which is upper middle income relative to Virginia, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $180,460 for a family of four. However, Forest contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Forest is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Forest home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Forest residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Forest include English, German, Irish, Polish, and Italian. The most common language spoken in Forest is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Langs. of India.
