For population 15 years and over in Forest Home CDP:
Never married: 35.8%
Now married: 59.8%
Separated: 0.7%
Widowed: 0.8%
Divorced: 2.9%
516 residents are foreign born (34.8% Asia, 11.4% Europe, 5.5% Latin America).
This place:
54.8%
New York:
20.4%
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2009: $8,625 (2.4%) Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2009: $4,778 (2.5%)
Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Union, NY (32.8 miles , pop. 56,298).
Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Rochester, NY (76.0 miles , pop. 219,773).
Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Manhattan, NY (173.9 miles , pop. 1,537,195).
Forest Home-area historical tornado activity is slightly above New York state average. It is 52% smaller than the overall U.S. average.
On 8/30/1955, a category F3 (max. wind speeds 158-206 mph) tornado 24.4 miles away from the Forest Home place center causedbetween $5000 and $50,000 in damages.
On 5/2/1983, a category F3 tornado 28.3 miles away from the place center injured 6 peopleand causedbetween $500,000 and $5,000,000 in damages.
Earthquake activity:
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 the city 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 Forest Home 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 the city center Magnitude types: regional Lg-wave magnitude (LG), body-wave magnitude (MB)
Natural disasters:
The number of natural disasters in Tompkins County (13) is near the US average (12). Major Disasters (Presidential) Declared: 9 Emergencies Declared: 4
Causes of natural disasters: Storms: 7, Floods: 6, Heavy Rains: 2, Landslide: 1, Blizzard: 1, Flood: 1, Hurricane: 1, Power Outage: 1, Tropical Storm: 1, Other: 1 (Note: Some incidents may be assigned to more than one category).
Hospitals/medical centers near Forest Home:
CAYUGA MEDICAL CENTER AT ITHACA (Acute Care Hospitals, Voluntary non-profit - Private, provides emergency services, about 4 miles away; ITHACA, NY)
"SCHUYLER HOSPITAL, INC" (Critical Access Hospitals, Voluntary non-profit - Private, provides emergency services, about 21 miles away; MONTOUR FALLS, NY)
"CORTLAND REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER, INC" (Acute Care Hospitals, Voluntary non-profit - Private, provides emergency services, about 22 miles away; CORTLAND, NY)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Forest Home:
Cornell University (about 1 miles; Ithaca, NY; Full-time enrollment: 20,529)
Ithaca College (about 3 miles; Ithaca, NY; FT enrollment: 6,783)
Tompkins Cortland Community College (about 10 miles; Dryden, NY; FT enrollment: 2,874)
SUNY College at Cortland (about 18 miles; Cortland, NY; FT enrollment: 6,439)
Cayuga County Community College (about 35 miles; Auburn, NY; FT enrollment: 2,480)
Broome Community College (about 37 miles; Binghamton, NY; FT enrollment: 4,655)
SUNY at Binghamton (about 38 miles; Binghamton, NY; FT enrollment: 12,914)
Notable locations in Forest Home: Robison York State Herb Garden (A), Fuertes Observatory (B), Nearing Summer House (C). Display/hide their locations on the map
Tompkins County has a predicted average indoor radon screening level greater than 4 pCi/L (pico curies per liter) - Highest Potential
Percentage of residents living in poverty in 2009: 15.8%
(7.4% for White Non-Hispanic residents, 25.7% for Hispanic or Latino residents, 15.2% for other race residents, 27.3% for two or more races residents)
Average household size:
This place:
2.1 people
New York:
2.4 people
Percentage of family households:
This place:
54.5%
Whole state:
64.6%
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)
Religion statistics for Forest Home (based on Tompkins County data)
Percentage of population affiliated with a religious congregations: 26.54%
Here
26.5%
USA
50.2%
Adherents
Breakdown of population affiliated with a religious congregations
Name
Catholic Church
United Methodist Church
Jewish
United Church of Christ
Assemblies of God
Adherents
39.5%
14.0%
7.8%
5.8%
4.5%
Congregations
7.6%
17.7%
6.3%
7.6%
7.6%
Name
Presbyterian Church (USA)
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
Episcopal Church
Unitarian Universalist Association
Other
Adherents
4.2%
3.0%
2.4%
2.4%
16.4%
Congregations
3.8%
1.3%
5.1%
1.3%
41.8%
Source: Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center. Tables represent county-level data.
Food Environment Statistics:
Number of grocery stores: 19
This county:
1.89 / 10,000 pop.
New York:
4.13 / 10,000 pop.
Number of convenience stores (no gas): 7
This county:
0.70 / 10,000 pop.
State:
0.92 / 10,000 pop.
Number of convenience stores (with gas): 24
Tompkins County:
2.39 / 10,000 pop.
New York:
1.68 / 10,000 pop.
Number of full-service restaurants: 105
Tompkins County:
10.46 / 10,000 pop.
State:
8.82 / 10,000 pop.
Adult diabetes rate:
Here:
6.0%
State:
8.2%
Adult obesity rate:
This county:
25.3%
New York:
23.8%
Low-income preschool obesity rate:
Tompkins County:
12.8%
New York:
15.6%
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%
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
#2 on the list of "Top 100 best educated cities (highest percentage of bachelor degree holding residents)"
#49 on the list of "Top 100 cities with highest percentage of foreign-born residents"
#69 on the list of "Top 100 cities with highest percentage of college students"
#82 on the list of "Top 100 cities with smallest houses"
#49 (14850) on the list of "Top 101 zip codes with the most full service restaurants in 2005"
#14 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents relocating from foreign countries between 2005 and 2006"
#15 on the list of "Top 101 counties with highest percentage of residents voting for 3rd party candidates in the 2004 Presidential Election"
#45 on the list of "Top 101 counties with highest percentage of residents voting for Kerry (Democrat) in the 2004 Presidential Election, pop. 50,000+"
#53 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents relocating to foreign countries in 2006"
#62 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the largest increase in the number of infant deaths per 1000 residents 1990-1999 to 2000-2003 (pop. 50,000+)"
