The percentage of people in Forest Park who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 21.84%: 27.85% of adults in Forest Park have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Forest Park in 2022 was $33,034, which is upper middle income relative to Ohio, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $132,136 for a family of four. However, Forest Park contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Forest Park is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Forest Park home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Forest Park residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Forest Park also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 11.51% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Forest Park include German, Irish, English, African, and Italian.
Foreign born people are also an important part of Forest Park's cultural character, accounting for 16.22% of the city’s population.
The most common language spoken in Forest Park is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and African languages.
