2020 census
The 2020 United States census reported that Forest Meadows had a population of 1,276. The population density was 339.0 inhabitants per square mile (130.9/km2). The racial makeup of Forest Meadows was 1,086 (85.1%) White, 1 (0.1%) African American, 21 (1.6%) Native American, 22 (1.7%) Asian, 1 (0.1%) Pacific Islander, 48 (3.8%) from other races, and 97 (7.6%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 99 persons (7.8%). [21]
The whole population lived in households. There were 563 households, out of which 89 (15.8%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 332 (59.0%) were married-couple households, 30 (5.3%) were cohabiting couple households, 126 (22.4%) had a female householder with no partner present, and 75 (13.3%) had a male householder with no partner present. 144 households (25.6%) were one person, and 82 (14.6%) were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.27. [21] There were 390 families (69.3% of all households). [22]
The age distribution was 190 people (14.9%) under the age of 18, 56 people (4.4%) aged 18 to 24, 204 people (16.0%) aged 25 to 44, 335 people (26.3%) aged 45 to 64, and 491 people (38.5%) who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 58.6 years. For every 100 females, there were 101.3 males. [21]
There were 828 housing units at an average density of 220.0 units per square mile (84.9 units/km2), of which 563 (68.0%) were occupied. Of these, 456 (81.0%) were owner-occupied, and 107 (19.0%) were occupied by renters. [21]
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