About Forney

Forney is a somewhat small town located in the state of Texas. With a population of 10,908 people and just one neighborhood, Forney is the 207th largest community in Texas.

Unlike some towns , Forney isn't mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Forney are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Forney is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Forney who work in office and administrative support jobs (20.78%), sales jobs (11.62%), and management occupations (8.85%).

Also of interest is that Forney has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

One downside of living in Forney, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 32.64 minutes every day commuting to work.

Forney is very much a car-oriented town. This is because the population of Forney isn't large enough or dense enough to support an extensive public transit system. It has a lot of rural roads, and the distance between houses can be quite large, which together tends to discourage walking and bicycling to work. 97.04% of residents commute to work in their own car (and the drive is typically to a job out of town). People also tend to drive out of town for other services as well, such as shopping, doctors appointments, and more.

Being a small town, Forney does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Forney Information and Demographics

The education level of Forney citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 17.89% of adults in Forney have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Forney in 2000 was $22,585, which is wealthy relative to Texas, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $90,340 for a family of four.

The people who call Forney home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Forney is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Forney include German, English, Irish, and Scotch-Irish.

The most common language spoken in Forney is English. Some people also speak Spanish.