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Forest River city, North Dakota: commercial real estate data.
Forest River city is a Census city of 87 people across 0.50 square miles of land, in Walsh County. Median household income is $71,875, 91.1 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 5 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $1.9 m.
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Forest River
What Forest River is
- Census place typecity
- Land area0.5 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land174 plus or minus 66
- County holding the largest share of its areaWalsh 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.
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How many people live in Forest River
- Population87 plus or minus 33
- Median age48.5 plus or minus 12.5
- Population under 1817 plus or minus 17
- Share under 1819.5 percent plus or minus 17.6
- Population 65 and over20 plus or minus 15
- Share 65 and over23.0 percent plus or minus 14.4
- Households45 plus or minus 19
- Family households23 plus or minus 11
- Share of households that are families51.1 percent plus or minus 11.5
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Income and work in Forest River
- Median household income$71,875 plus or minus $25,663
- Per capita income$41,161 plus or minus $11,670
- Civilian labor force45 plus or minus 18
- Employed45 plus or minus 18
- Unemployed0
- Unemployment rate0.0 percent
- Adults 25 and over69 plus or minus 27
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher84.1 percent plus or minus 46.1
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher20.3 percent plus or minus 17.4
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree10.1 percent plus or minus 17.2
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Forest River
- Housing units67 plus or minus 21
- Occupied units45 plus or minus 19
- Vacant units22 plus or minus 14
- Vacancy rate32.8 percent plus or minus 18.2
- Owner occupied41 plus or minus 18
- Renter occupied4 plus or minus 4
- Ownership rate91.1 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$84,400
- Single family units53 plus or minus 22
- Share single family79.1 percent plus or minus 22.3
- Units in buildings of two or more11 plus or minus 17
- Share in buildings of two or more16.4 percent plus or minus 24.7
- Mobile homes3 plus or minus 4
- Median year structure built1951
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Forest River gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute44 plus or minus 17
- Commuting under 15 minutes10 plus or minus 13
- Share commuting under 15 minutes22.7 percent plus or minus 28.6
- Commuting 30 minutes or more17 plus or minus 16
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more38.6 percent plus or minus 33.9
- Drove alone77.8 percent plus or minus 25.1
- Carpooled20.0 percent plus or minus 20.7
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.0 percent
- Worked from home2.2 percent plus or minus 4.4
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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SBA loans in Forest River (7(a))
- Approvals5
- Gross approval$1,944,200
- Average approval$388,840
- Median approval$450,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$650,000
- Largest approval$650,000
- Jobs supported21
- Jobs per approval4.2
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Paid in full1
- Charged off0
- Median term84 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more20.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders2
- Distinct industries by NAICS4
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.
Walsh County, not Forest River
Walsh County context, not Forest River figures
These are Walsh 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 River measurements.
- Establishments in Walsh County362
- Employment at those establishments, Walsh County3,372
- Covered employment, Walsh County4,790
- Average annual pay, Walsh County$57,220
- Average weekly wage, Walsh County$1,100
- Housing units permitted, Walsh County7
- Of those, single family, Walsh County5
- County product, 2024, Walsh County$1,027,020,000
- County product change over the prior year, Walsh County13.7 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Walsh County$47,618
Every figure in this section is published for Walsh County as a whole and is not a measurement of Forest River. 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.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- No median gross rent is published for this place.
- 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 River questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Forest River, North Dakota?
87, in 45 households. Forest River city covers 0.50 square miles of land, which is 174 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Forest River in?
Walsh 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 River?
$71,875. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $84,400. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Forest River businesses?
5 7(a) approvals totalling $1.9 m, across 2 lenders, median approval $450,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Forest River, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Forest River borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Forest River. 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.
Are the county figures on this page Forest River figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Walsh 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 River.
Is zoning published for Forest River?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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