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Forest Grove, OR
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Forest Grove profile


Living in Forest Grove



Forest Grove is a medium-sized city located in the state of Oregon. With a population of 26,784 people and seven associated neighborhoods, Forest Grove is the 22nd largest community in Oregon.

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

A relatively large number of people in Forest Grove telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 8.94% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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 terms of college education, Forest Grove 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: 33.38% of adults in Forest Grove have a college degree.

The per capita income in Forest Grove in 2018 was $33,147, which is middle income relative to Oregon and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $132,588 for a family of four. However, Forest Grove contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Forest Grove is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Forest Grove home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Forest Grove residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Forest Grove also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 29.44% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Forest Grove include German, Irish, English, European, and Norwegian.

The most common language spoken in Forest Grove is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and German/Yiddish.