Forest Park vs Morrow

A side-by-side comparison of Forest Park and Morrow: population, income, housing, and more.

Forest Park and Morrow are places in Georgia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Forest Park has the higher population (19,619 vs 6,519 in Morrow). Morrow has the higher median household income ($61,215 vs $42,286 in Forest Park). Morrow has the higher median home value ($221,900 vs $119,000 in Forest Park).

Population, income & housing

	Forest Park	Morrow
Population	19,619	6,519
Median age	32.4 yrs	29.6 yrs
Median household income	$42,286	$61,215
Median home value	$119,000	$221,900
Median gross rent	$1,101	$1,401
Housing units	7,801	1,834
Homeownership rate	38.5%	47.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.1%	17.2%
Unemployment rate	6.4%	7.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Forest Park	Morrow
Population	19,723 → 19,619 (-0.5%)	6,965 → 6,519 (-6.4%)
Median household income	$36,792 → $42,286 (+14.9%)	$52,372 → $61,215 (+16.9%)
Median home value	$67,100 → $119,000 (+77.3%)	$112,100 → $221,900 (+97.9%)
Median gross rent	$866 → $1,101 (+27.1%)	$885 → $1,401 (+58.3%)

Forest Park

Population

19,72319,619

Median household income

$36,792$42,286

Median home value

$67,100$119,000

Median gross rent

$866$1,101

Morrow

Population

6,9656,519

Median household income

$52,372$61,215

Median home value

$112,100$221,900

Median gross rent

$885$1,401

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Forest Park	Morrow
Under 5	4.8%	7.6%
5 to 17	22.7%	23.7%
18 to 24	9.6%	12.1%
25 to 34	16.4%	14.7%
35 to 44	13.4%	9.8%
45 to 54	9.5%	13.7%
55 to 64	10.7%	8.9%
65 to 74	7.5%	5.5%
75 and over	5.3%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Forest Park	Morrow
White (non-Hispanic)	12.7%	9.2%
Black or African American	50.5%	29.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	8.0%	29.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	24.3%	31.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Forest Park	Morrow
No high school diploma	24.0%	22.2%
High school graduate	36.8%	29.1%
Some college or associate's	27.0%	31.6%
Bachelor's degree	10.1%	14.3%
Graduate or professional degree	2.0%	2.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Forest Park	Morrow
Drove alone	71.5%	50.4%
Carpooled	13.7%	35.7%
Public transit	5.8%	0.0%
Walked	3.1%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.3%	11.3%
Other means	0.6%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Forest Park	Morrow
1-unit, detached	61.9%	71.8%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	7.6%
2 to 4 units	5.6%	0.9%
5 to 19 units	22.4%	10.4%
20 or more units	6.9%	9.4%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Forest Park	Morrow
Poverty rate	16.2%	20.4%
Average household size	2.62	3.47
Mean commute (minutes)	28	29
Median year structure built	1965	1974