Forest City vs Oregon

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

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

Oregon has the higher population (865 vs 180 in Forest City). Oregon has the higher median household income ($61,167 vs $45,750 in Forest City). Oregon has the higher median home value ($105,600 vs $74,300 in Forest City).

Population, income & housing

	Forest City	Oregon
Population	180	865
Median age	56.4 yrs	45.2 yrs
Median household income	$45,750	$61,167
Median home value	$74,300	$105,600
Median gross rent	$392	$564
Housing units	120	354
Homeownership rate	54.8%	78.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.5%	15.9%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	0.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Forest City	Oregon
Population	263 → 180 (-31.6%)	968 → 865 (-10.6%)
Median household income	$42,833 → $45,750 (+6.8%)	$48,750 → $61,167 (+25.5%)
Median home value	$69,100 → $74,300 (+7.5%)	$78,800 → $105,600 (+34.0%)
Median gross rent	$455 → $392 (-13.8%)	$612 → $564 (-7.8%)

Forest City

Population

263180

Median household income

$42,833$45,750

Median home value

$69,100$74,300

Median gross rent

$455$392

Oregon

Population

968865

Median household income

$48,750$61,167

Median home value

$78,800$105,600

Median gross rent

$612$564

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Forest City	Oregon
Under 5	4.4%	3.1%
5 to 17	9.4%	17.3%
18 to 24	4.4%	8.3%
25 to 34	11.7%	7.4%
35 to 44	5.0%	12.9%
45 to 54	10.0%	17.7%
55 to 64	16.1%	12.5%
65 to 74	28.3%	8.8%
75 and over	10.6%	11.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Forest City	Oregon
White (non-Hispanic)	97.2%	92.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.2%	0.6%
Asian	0.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Forest City	Oregon
No high school diploma	7.5%	6.2%
High school graduate	61.2%	42.9%
Some college or associate's	23.8%	35.1%
Bachelor's degree	5.4%	8.6%
Graduate or professional degree	2.0%	7.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Forest City	Oregon
Drove alone	86.3%	85.0%
Carpooled	11.0%	9.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.7%	4.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Forest City	Oregon
1-unit, detached	69.2%	85.9%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	15.8%	6.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	13.3%	3.1%

Poverty & households

	Forest City	Oregon
Poverty rate	15.0%	7.1%
Average household size	2.14	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	38	22
Median year structure built	1959	1971