People QuickFacts Forest CDP Virginia Population, 2011 estimate X 8,104,384 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base X 8,001,031 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011 X 1.3% Population, 2010 9,106 8,001,024 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 4.4% 6.4% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 23.5% 23.2% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2010 15.0% 12.2% Female persons, percent, 2010 52.1% 50.9%  White persons, percent, 2010 (a) 87.8% 68.6% Black persons, percent, 2010 (a) 7.2% 19.4% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a) 0.1% 0.4% Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a) 3.0% 5.5% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a) Z 0.1% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010 0.9% 2.9% Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b) 2.9% 7.9% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010 85.9% 64.8%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 90.5% 84.3% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 3.4% 11.0% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 6.4% 14.4% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 94.0% 86.6% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 42.5% 34.4% Veterans, 2007-2011 753 743,070 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 17.6 27.3  Housing units, 2010 3,922 3,364,939 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 78.7% 68.4% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 14.9% 21.4% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $217,500 $254,600 Households, 2007-2011 3,815 2,991,025 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.41 2.57 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $30,178 $33,040 Median household income, 2007-2011 $63,958 $63,302 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 6.7% 10.7%     Business QuickFacts Forest CDP Virginia Total number of firms, 2007 951 638,643 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 9.9% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 0.5% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 7.0% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 0.1% Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 4.5% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 17.2% 30.1%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) 253,430 92,417,797 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 107,663 60,513,396 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 180,815 105,663,299 Retail sales per capita, 2007 NA $13,687 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 8,597 15,340,483     Geography QuickFacts Forest CDP Virginia Land area in square miles, 2010 13.74 39,490.09 Persons per square mile, 2010 662.8 202.6 FIPS Code 28688 51 Counties Bedford County (a) Includes persons reporting only one race. (b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories. FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data NA: Not available D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information X: Not applicable S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown F: Fewer than 100 firms Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts