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Forest Park city, Georgia: commercial real estate data.
Forest Park city is a Census city of 19,504 people across 9.22 square miles of land, in Clayton County. Median household income is $41,211, 40.3 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 17 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $12.4 m.
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Forest Park
What Forest Park is
- Census place typecity
- Land area9.22 sq mi
- Water area0.06 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land2,115
- County holding the largest share of its areaClayton County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Forest Park
How many people live in Forest Park
- Population19,504
- Median age32.1
- Population under 185,940
- Share under 1830.5 percent
- Population 65 and over2,493
- Share 65 and over12.8 percent
- Households6,690
- Family households4,067
- Share of households that are families60.8 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Income and work in Forest Park
- Median household income$41,211
- Per capita income$20,263
- Civilian labor force7,963
- Employed7,513
- Unemployed450 plus or minus 236
- Unemployment rate5.7 percent plus or minus 2.9
- Adults 25 and over11,872
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher75.1 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher12.4 percent plus or minus 2.8
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree2.4 percent plus or minus 1.1
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Forest Park
- Housing units7,290
- Occupied units6,690
- Vacant units600 plus or minus 206
- Vacancy rate8.2 percent plus or minus 2.8
- Owner occupied2,698
- Renter occupied3,992
- Ownership rate40.3 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$143,400
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,189
- Annual rent as a share of median income34.6 percent
- Single family units4,744
- Share single family65.1 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more2,410 plus or minus 558
- Share in buildings of two or more33.1 percent plus or minus 7.3
- Mobile homes99 plus or minus 81
- Median year structure built1965
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Forest Park gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute6,885
- Commuting under 15 minutes1,046 plus or minus 334
- Share commuting under 15 minutes15.2 percent plus or minus 4.6
- Commuting 30 minutes or more2,949
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more42.8 percent
- Drove alone71.8 percent
- Carpooled13.1 percent plus or minus 3.3
- Public transport6.0 percent plus or minus 3.3
- Walked3.2 percent plus or minus 2.7
- Worked from home5.3 percent plus or minus 3.0
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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SBA loans in Forest Park (7(a))
- Approvals17
- Gross approval$12,356,800
- Average approval$726,871
- Median approval$510,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,949,400
- Largest approval$3,721,000
- Jobs supported127
- Jobs per approval7.5
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Paid in full1
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more29.4 percent
- Share to franchises11.8 percent
- Distinct lenders13
- Distinct industries by NAICS12
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 1 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
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SBA loans in Forest Park (504)
- Approvals5
- Gross approval$3,103,000
- Average approval$620,600
- Median approval$206,000
- Largest approval$2,013,000
- Jobs supported21
- Loans with a final outcome3
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs3
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
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Flood risk in Forest Park
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- Best Community Rating System classClass 9
- NFIP community number130042
- Currently effective map date06/07/17
FEMA, National Flood Insurance Program Community Status Book, Community Status Book, as retrieved.
Clayton County, not Forest Park
Clayton County context, not Forest Park figures
These are Clayton County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Forest Park measurements.
- Establishments in Clayton County4,115
- Employment at those establishments, Clayton County80,953
- Covered employment, Clayton County130,345
- Average annual pay, Clayton County$77,005
- Average weekly wage, Clayton County$1,481
- Housing units permitted, Clayton County930
- Of those, single family, Clayton County400
- County product, 2024, Clayton County$26,281,522,000
- County product change over the prior year, Clayton County0.9 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Clayton County$36,001
Every figure in this section is published for Clayton County as a whole and is not a measurement of Forest Park. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Forest Park questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Forest Park, Georgia?
19,504, in 6,690 households. Forest Park city covers 9.22 square miles of land, which is 2,115 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Forest Park in?
Clayton County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Forest Park?
$41,211. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $143,400. Median gross rent is $1,189 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Forest Park businesses?
17 7(a) approvals totalling $12.4 m, across 13 lenders, median approval $510,000, plus 5 504 approvals worth $3.1 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Forest Park, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Forest Park borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Forest Park. only 1 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Is Forest Park in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Forest Park appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 130042, carrying Community Rating System class 9, which is a premium discount for exceeding the programme minimum. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page Forest Park figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Clayton County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Forest Park.
Is zoning published for Forest Park?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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