| Back to United States. City: Forest City, IA Population (2000): 6,226
Housing units: 2,514 Land area: 139.5 sq. mi. Water area: 0.6 sq. mi. White population: 6013 Black population: 26 American Indian population: 12 Asian population: 64 Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander population: 1 Some other race population: 74 Two or more races population: 36 Urban population: 4267 Rural population: 1959 Median age: 36.7 Average household size: 2.47 Median household income (1999): $42415
 
Nearest zip codes: 50453, 50432, 50438, 50478, 50473, 50450.
Year house built:
- 1999 to March 2000: 30
- 1995 to 1998: 92
- 1990 to 1994: 106
- 1980 to 1989: 212
- 1970 to 1979: 564
- 1960 to 1969: 319
- 1950 to 1959: 250
- 1940 to 1949: 193
- 1939 or earlier: 724
Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Forest City, IA (50436):
- no bedroom: 5
- 1 bedrooms: 53
- 2 bedrooms: 370
- 3 bedrooms: 820
- 4 bedrooms: 409
- 5 or more bedrooms: 109
Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments and housing units:
- no bedroom: 13
- 1 bedrooms: 133
- 2 bedrooms: 236
- 3 bedrooms: 144
- 4 bedrooms: 53
- 5 or more bedrooms: 8
Vehicles available in 50436 zip code in owner-occupied houses:
- no vehicle: 48
- 1 vehicle: 364
- 2 vehicles: 872
- 3 vehicles: 389
- 4 vehicles: 51
- 5 or more vehicles: 42
Vehicles available in renter-occupied housing units:
- no vehicle: 77
- 1 vehicle: 301
- 2 vehicles: 133
- 3 vehicles: 69
- 4 vehicles: 5
- 5 or more vehicles: 2
Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses in 2000 in zip code 50436:
- Less than $10,000: 16
- $10,000 to $14,999: 31
- $15,000 to $19,999: 8
- $20,000 to $24,999: 13
- $25,000 to $29,999: 29
- $30,000 to $34,999: 37
- $35,000 to $39,999: 27
- $40,000 to $49,999: 126
- $50,000 to $59,999: 209
- $60,000 to $69,999: 157
- $70,000 to $79,999: 183
- $80,000 to $89,999: 199
- $90,000 to $99,999: 67
- $100,000 to $124,999: 149
- $125,000 to $149,999: 80
- $150,000 to $174,999: 35
- $175,000 to $199,999: 16
- $200,000 to $249,999: 20
- $250,000 to $299,999: 0
- $300,000 to $399,999: 0
- $400,000 to $499,999: 0
- $500,000 to $749,999: 0
- $750,000 to $999,999: 0
- $1,000,000 or more: 0
First ancestries reported:
- German: 1948
- Norwegian: 1716
- Other groups: 234
- Irish: 233
- United States or American: 220
- English: 201
- Swedish: 155
- Danish: 115
- Italian: 78
- Dutch: 68
- Yugoslavian: 62
- Greek: 49
- French (except Basque): 49
- Czech: 43
- Scottish: 31
- Scotch-Irish: 31
- Egyptian: 28
- Arab:: 28
- Polish: 25
- Welsh: 17
- Czechoslovakian: 15
- Northern European: 13
- Austrian: 11
- Belgian: 9
- British: 7
- Luxemburger: 7
- Canadian: 6
- Finnish: 5
- European: 5
- Serbian: 5
- Scandinavian: 4
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