Forest Oaks vs Gibsonville

A side-by-side comparison of Forest Oaks and Gibsonville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Gibsonville has the higher population (9,289 vs 4,095 in Forest Oaks). Forest Oaks has the higher median household income ($108,250 vs $105,981 in Gibsonville). Forest Oaks has the higher median home value ($294,400 vs $262,400 in Gibsonville).

Population, income & housing

	Forest Oaks	Gibsonville
Population	4,095	9,289
Median age	48.9 yrs	41.7 yrs
Median household income	$108,250	$105,981
Median home value	$294,400	$262,400
Median gross rent	$1,732	$865
Housing units	1,581	3,977
Homeownership rate	91.6%	83.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.7%	38.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Forest Oaks	Gibsonville
Population	4,108 → 4,095 (-0.3%)	7,127 → 9,289 (+30.3%)
Median household income	$94,974 → $108,250 (+14.0%)	$66,761 → $105,981 (+58.7%)
Median home value	$257,900 → $294,400 (+14.2%)	$174,000 → $262,400 (+50.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,202 → $1,732 (+44.1%)	$807 → $865 (+7.2%)

Forest Oaks

Population

4,1084,095

Median household income

$94,974$108,250

Median home value

$257,900$294,400

Median gross rent

$1,202$1,732

Gibsonville

Population

7,1279,289

Median household income

$66,761$105,981

Median home value

$174,000$262,400

Median gross rent

$807$865

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Forest Oaks	Gibsonville
Under 5	2.9%	4.0%
5 to 17	18.5%	19.6%
18 to 24	3.7%	5.7%
25 to 34	9.9%	9.0%
35 to 44	9.8%	14.3%
45 to 54	16.0%	15.1%
55 to 64	10.7%	14.9%
65 to 74	12.4%	9.4%
75 and over	16.1%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Forest Oaks	Gibsonville
White (non-Hispanic)	77.5%	74.5%
Black or African American	15.5%	22.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.1%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Forest Oaks	Gibsonville
No high school diploma	0.0%	6.5%
High school graduate	16.4%	20.9%
Some college or associate's	37.0%	34.1%
Bachelor's degree	28.4%	23.5%
Graduate or professional degree	18.2%	14.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Forest Oaks	Gibsonville
Drove alone	77.8%	79.6%
Carpooled	10.9%	11.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.3%	6.2%
Other means	0.0%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Forest Oaks	Gibsonville
1-unit, detached	92.0%	84.0%
1-unit, attached	8.0%	6.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	4.5%

Poverty & households

	Forest Oaks	Gibsonville
Poverty rate	6.3%	8.4%
Average household size	2.70	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	22	24
Median year structure built	1978	2002