Forest City vs Mound City

A side-by-side comparison of Forest City and Mound City: population, income, housing, and more.

Forest City and Mound City are places in Missouri. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Mound City has the higher population (1,103 vs 180 in Forest City). Mound City has the higher median household income ($60,735 vs $45,750 in Forest City). Mound City has the higher median home value ($124,700 vs $74,300 in Forest City).

Population, income & housing

	Forest City	Mound City
Population	180	1,103
Median age	56.4 yrs	50.3 yrs
Median household income	$45,750	$60,735
Median home value	$74,300	$124,700
Median gross rent	$392	$675
Housing units	120	575
Homeownership rate	54.8%	81.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.5%	21.9%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Forest City	Mound City
Population	263 → 180 (-31.6%)	1,040 → 1,103 (+6.1%)
Median household income	$42,833 → $45,750 (+6.8%)	$53,611 → $60,735 (+13.3%)
Median home value	$69,100 → $74,300 (+7.5%)	$85,700 → $124,700 (+45.5%)
Median gross rent	$455 → $392 (-13.8%)	$448 → $675 (+50.7%)

Forest City

Population

263180

Median household income

$42,833$45,750

Median home value

$69,100$74,300

Median gross rent

$455$392

Mound City

Population

1,0401,103

Median household income

$53,611$60,735

Median home value

$85,700$124,700

Median gross rent

$448$675

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Forest City	Mound City
Under 5	4.4%	6.8%
5 to 17	9.4%	14.9%
18 to 24	4.4%	6.0%
25 to 34	11.7%	7.6%
35 to 44	5.0%	9.7%
45 to 54	10.0%	14.0%
55 to 64	16.1%	10.9%
65 to 74	28.3%	14.8%
75 and over	10.6%	15.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Forest City	Mound City
White (non-Hispanic)	97.2%	94.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Forest City	Mound City
No high school diploma	7.5%	5.9%
High school graduate	61.2%	45.4%
Some college or associate's	23.8%	26.8%
Bachelor's degree	5.4%	16.7%
Graduate or professional degree	2.0%	5.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Forest City	Mound City
Drove alone	86.3%	82.3%
Carpooled	11.0%	11.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	5.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.7%	1.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Forest City	Mound City
1-unit, detached	69.2%	79.7%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	15.8%	9.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	13.3%	5.9%

Poverty & households

	Forest City	Mound City
Poverty rate	15.0%	6.7%
Average household size	2.14	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	38	17
Median year structure built	1959	1969