Neuse Forest vs Trent Woods

A side-by-side comparison of Neuse Forest and Trent Woods: population, income, housing, and more.

Neuse Forest and Trent Woods are places in North Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Trent Woods has the higher population (4,086 vs 2,406 in Neuse Forest). Trent Woods has the higher median household income ($109,097 vs $88,333 in Neuse Forest). Trent Woods has the higher median home value ($294,200 vs $194,200 in Neuse Forest).

Population, income & housing

	Neuse Forest	Trent Woods
Population	2,406	4,086
Median age	36.8 yrs	52.2 yrs
Median household income	$88,333	$109,097
Median home value	$194,200	$294,200
Median gross rent	$986	$1,342
Housing units	824	1,867
Homeownership rate	77.2%	92.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.6%	60.8%
Unemployment rate	9.2%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Neuse Forest	Trent Woods
Population	1,536 → 2,406 (+56.6%)	4,050 → 4,086 (+0.9%)
Median household income	$75,114 → $88,333 (+17.6%)	$90,119 → $109,097 (+21.1%)
Median home value	$218,900 → $194,200 (-11.3%)	$237,800 → $294,200 (+23.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,136 → $986 (-13.2%)	$1,292 → $1,342 (+3.9%)

Neuse Forest

Population

1,5362,406

Median household income

$75,114$88,333

Median home value

$218,900$194,200

Median gross rent

$1,136$986

Trent Woods

Population

4,0504,086

Median household income

$90,119$109,097

Median home value

$237,800$294,200

Median gross rent

$1,292$1,342

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Neuse Forest	Trent Woods
Under 5	3.7%	3.1%
5 to 17	25.7%	16.5%
18 to 24	7.7%	4.0%
25 to 34	10.5%	9.0%
35 to 44	13.8%	9.9%
45 to 54	8.4%	10.2%
55 to 64	10.1%	14.9%
65 to 74	14.0%	18.9%
75 and over	6.1%	13.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Neuse Forest	Trent Woods
White (non-Hispanic)	96.0%	99.0%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.9%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	0.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Neuse Forest	Trent Woods
No high school diploma	4.0%	2.0%
High school graduate	26.9%	11.2%
Some college or associate's	34.4%	25.9%
Bachelor's degree	24.7%	31.7%
Graduate or professional degree	10.0%	29.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Neuse Forest	Trent Woods
Drove alone	87.4%	83.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	5.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.3%	8.1%
Other means	7.3%	3.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Neuse Forest	Trent Woods
1-unit, detached	98.1%	92.6%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	4.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.7%

Poverty & households

	Neuse Forest	Trent Woods
Poverty rate	10.1%	1.2%
Average household size	2.92	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	23	17
Median year structure built	1991	1978