Forest Home, New York

Back to Forest Home, NY housing info, Tompkins County, New York, NY smaller cities, NY small cities, All Cities. We are giving away $1000 in prizes - enter simply by sending us your own city pictures! General Map Google Map MSN Map General Map Google Map MSN Map General Map Google Map MSN Map Please wait while loading the map... Tompkins County Population in July 2007: 984. Males: 485   (49.3%) Females: 499   (50.7%) Median resident age:   29.0 years New York median age:   35.9 years Zip codes: 14850. Estimated median household income in 2007: $27,178 (it was $23,345 in 2000) Forest Home:   $27,178 New York:   $53,514 Estimated per capita income in 2007: $22,349 Forest Home:   $22,349 New York:   $29,885 Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $285,556 (it was $172,300 in 2000) Forest Home:   $285,556 New York:   $311,000 Mean prices in 2007: All housing units: $328,568; Detached houses: $341,357; In 2-unit structures: $300,552 Forest Home, NY residents, houses, and apartments details Add your B&M business listing here for free. Over a million visitors/week. Get a huge advantage over your competition Races in Forest Home: White Non-Hispanic (44.6%) Chinese (15.7%) Hispanic (9.6%) Korean (7.0%) Japanese (6.2%) Black (5.1%) Asian Indian (4.8%) Other Asian (4.3%) Two or more races (3.1%) Other race (2.6%) American Indian (0.6%) (Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics could be counted in other races) 2008 cost of living index in Forest Home: 119.4 (more than average, U.S. average is 100) Recent posts about Forest Home, New York on our local forum with over 700,000 registered users: Moving from West Coast to Syracuse--thoughts?  (15 replies) Ancestries: German (13.2%), Irish (10.6%), Italian (6.3%), English (4.9%), Scotch-Irish (4.7%), Dutch (3.0%). Current Local Time: EST time zone Elevation: 920 feet Land area: 0.26 square miles. Population density: 3763 people per square mile   (average).

Average climate in Forest Home, New York

Based on data reported by over 4,000 weather stations

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Forest Home-area historical tornado activity is near New York state average. It is 54% smaller than the overall U.S. average.

On 8/30/1955, a category 3 (max. wind speeds 158-206 mph) tornado 24.4 miles away from the Forest Home place center caused between $5000 and $50,000 in damages.

On 5/2/1983, a category 3 tornado 28.3 miles away from the place center injured 6 people and caused between $500,000 and $5,000,000 in damages.

Forest Home-area historical earthquake activity is significantly below New York state average. It is 97% smaller than the overall U.S. average.

On 6/17/1991 at 08:53:16, a magnitude 4.1 (4.0 MB, 4.0 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi, Class: Light, Intensity: IV - V) earthquake occurred 92.2 miles away from Forest Home center
On 3/12/1994 at 10:43:15, a magnitude 3.6 (3.5 LG, 3.6 LG, Depth: 0.6 mi, Class: Light, Intensity: II - III) earthquake occurred 75.0 miles away from the city center
On 2/3/2001 at 20:15:15, a magnitude 3.2 (3.2 LG) earthquake occurred 47.7 miles away from the city center
On 7/31/1997 at 07:15:29, a magnitude 3.2 (3.2 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi) earthquake occurred 98.3 miles away from Forest Home center
Magnitude types: regional Lg-wave magnitude (LG), body-wave magnitude (MB)

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Average household size:

This place:	2.2 people
New York:	2.6 people

Percentage of family households:

This place:	58.0%
Whole state:	65.7%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:

This place:	5.2%
Whole state:	5.4%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)

• Lesbian couples: 0.7% of all households
• Gay men: 0.5% of all households

This place:	22.0%
Whole state:	14.6%

This place:	18.1%
Whole state:	7.4%

Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Forest Home, NY

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9.89% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($31,016 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	9.89%
New York average:	5.41%

1.70% of residents moved from foreign countries ($1,260 average AGI)

Tompkins County:	1.70%
New York average:	0.24%

from Cortland County, NY	0.51% ($29,568 average AGI)
from Tioga County, NY	0.35% ($24,957)
from Cayuga County, NY	0.23% ($29,427)

9.92% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($38,638 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	9.92%
New York average:	6.26%

0.47% of residents moved to foreign countries ($1,031 average AGI)

Tompkins County:	0.47%
New York average:	0.10%

to Cortland County, NY	0.53% ($30,489 average AGI)
to New York County, NY	0.48% ($42,220)
to Cayuga County, NY	0.34% ($29,685)