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Forney, TX
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Living in Forney



Forney is a medium-sized city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 32,108 people and ten associated neighborhoods, Forney is the 134th largest community in Texas. Much of the housing stock in Forney was built relatively recently. The construction of new real estate can often be taken as an indication that the local Forney economy is robust, and that jobs or other amenities are attracting an influx of new residents. This seems to be the case in Forney, where the median household income is $102,107.00.

Forney real estate is some of the most expensive in Texas, although Forney house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.

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 interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 9.50% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

In Forney, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 34.18 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.

Even though Forney is not a small city, it doesn't have a public transportation system that anybody uses for their daily commute to work.

In terms of college education, Forney is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 21.84% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 32.71% of adults in Forney have a college degree.

The per capita income in Forney in 2018 was $37,044, which is upper middle income relative to Texas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $148,176 for a family of four. However, Forney contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Forney is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Forney home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Forney residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Forney also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 18.00% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Forney include English, German, Irish, Scottish, and Italian.

The most common language spoken in Forney is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.