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Forest City, Florida.

A community in Seminole County, with no city government of its own. Zillow publishes no home prices for it: see Seminole County’s.

Living in Forest City, Seminole County, Florida

Forest City, in Seminole County, had 14,623 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $85,606 a year and half less, against $85,761 across Seminole County; 10% of its people live below the poverty line. 62% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 38% are rented. Unemployment in Seminole County was 4.3% in August 2026, and the county had 0.5% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then construction.

People 14,623 in the 2020 census; median age 40.6
Household income $85,606 the median, give or take $6,010 · Seminole County: $85,761
Unemployment 4.3% Seminole County, August 2026; 4.0% a year before
Homes 62% lived in by their owners; 38% rented
  • 5,532households
  • 39%of adults have a degree
  • 10%below the poverty line
  • 27 mintypical commute
  • 14%work from home

What residents work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care26%
  • Building trades13%
  • Professional and business services12%
  • Shops (retail)11%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment11%
  • Banks, insurance and property8%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Seminole County had 214,336 jobs in 2025, 0.5% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 71° and 52°; warmest in July, 92° and 75° 50° 60° 70° 80° 90° 100° J 71° 52° F M A M J J 92° 75° A S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 71° and 52°; warmest in July, 92° and 75° 50° 60° 70° 80° 90° 100° J 71° 52° F M A M J J 92° 75° A S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 71° and lows near 52°; warmest in July, with highs near 92° and lows near 75°. About 51 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Orlando Executive Airport weather station, 10 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Forest City

  1. Publix Super MarketsSupermarkets and other grocery stores187
  2. United Maintenance CompanyJanitorial services60
  3. Florida Autism CenterAba therapy25

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 3 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 272 people in all. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.

Natural hazards

  1. TornadoesRelatively high
  2. HurricanesRelatively moderate
  3. Lightningrelatively high in parts of Forest CityRelatively moderate
  4. Strong windRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Forest City’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively low. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.

From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Seminole County.