Forsyth’s household incomes are lower than in 92% of U.S. towns
Poverty touches 11.7% of residents; Missouri has 12.6%. For jobs and income Forsyth is better than 29% of U.S. towns (C); for walkability it is more walkable than 67% of U.S. towns (B+). 2% of workers have no commute at all, where Missouri as a whole has 13%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Forsyth: the figures worth knowing
Fewer than half of Forsyth workers earn over $40,000 a year
40% of Forsyth’s working residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, wherever they work, and 20% earn $1,250 a month or less. The jobs ↓
Few Forsyth workers work from home
Only 2% of workers work from home, against 13% across Missouri. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 975 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Forsyth
Unemployment holds Forsyth’s grade up (2.9%, U.S. 5.2%); household income pulls it down ($45,824, U.S. $80,734).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Forsyth could be anywhere from D to B−.
What work there is in Forsyth: 1,206 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Forsyth, 2013 → 2023: 1,174 → 1,206. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Forsyth’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Forsyth: about 23 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Forsyth workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 966 commuters (the 2% who work from home are left out). Across Missouri: 86% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
How many people are in Forsyth by day
On a workday 856 residents head out to work, 119 work right here, and 1,087 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.24 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
26% of working residents work in Branson
Where Forsyth clocks in
26% of workers
13% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where in the region Forsyth works
About 21% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
In Forsyth, the car does most of the work
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 2.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.2% across Missouri.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 989 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 1.8% of Forsyth households have no vehicle (Missouri 6.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Forsyth’s commuters take a bus or train.
3,423rd of 4,969: where Forsyth ranks among U.S. towns of 1,900 to 3,700
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 8 | Warson Woods MO | 1,990 | $207K | 1.3% | 1.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 52 | Weatherby Lake MO | 2,139 | $153K | 3.4% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 91 | Clarkson Valley MO | 2,540 | $247K | 3.0% | 2.9% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,421 | Greensboro MD | 1,962 | $54K | 15.9% | 3.7% | 3% | C |
| 3,422 | Kalkaska MI | 2,258 | $57K | 13.3% | 3.4% | 22% | C |
| 3,423 | Forsyth MO | 2,752 | $46K | 11.7% | 2.9% | 12% | C |
| 3,424 | Oblong Township IL | 2,730 | $59K | 16.8% | 2.3% | 15% | C |
| 3,425 | Perry Township OH | 1,989 | $77K | 18.8% | 2.8% | <1% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 4,969 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 12% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Forsyth, the top three, the last and three more from Missouri.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Forsyth: questions
What is the median household income in Forsyth?
$45,824 (±$5,882) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Forsyth?
11.7%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Forsyth?
23 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Forsyth work?
12% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Branson (26%, 11 mi), Springfield (13%, 37 mi), Hollister (3%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Forsyth walkable?
Forsyth is more walkable than 67% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 8.3 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Forsyth without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Forsyth, from the people who make the trip.
More of Forsyth
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.