Home values, rents and more in Forest, MS
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How Forest compares
The typical home in Forest, MS is worth about $116,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Forest are 45% below the typical value in the Jackson metro area ($212,000) and 68% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in Forest rose 4.6%, compared with +2.7% in the Jackson metro area and +1.2% nationally.
The median household income is $49,724, against $61,644 in the Jackson metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 5,357 people live in Forest (American Community Survey 2020–24).
Forest has the 11th-lowest typical home value of the 37 cities in the Jackson metro area and the 63rd-lowest of 276 in Mississippi with Zillow figures.
Part of: Scott County, MS · Jackson metro area · Mississippi
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Sources
Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), all homes, middle tier, smoothed and seasonally adjusted, September 2026. Rents: Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI), seasonally adjusted. Population: Census population estimates (July 2025) for states, metros and counties; ACS 2020–24 for cities and ZIP codes. Income: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020–24 5-year estimates. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files. Compiled by Home Economics.
"Typical" is Zillow's middle-tier value (homes between the 35th and 65th percentiles), not a median sale price. Changes are over the 12 months to September 2026.