Forest Oaks vs McLeansville

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

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

Forest Oaks has the higher population (4,095 vs 740 in McLeansville). Forest Oaks has the higher median home value ($294,400 vs $166,300 in McLeansville). Since 2019, Forest Oaks's population has grown faster (-0.3% vs -29.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Forest Oaks	McLeansville
Population	4,095	740
Median age	48.9 yrs	62.1 yrs
Median household income	$108,250	—
Median home value	$294,400	$166,300
Median gross rent	$1,732	—
Housing units	1,581	442
Homeownership rate	91.6%	82.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.7%	23.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Forest Oaks	McLeansville
Population	4,108 → 4,095 (-0.3%)	1,044 → 740 (-29.1%)
Median household income	$94,974 → $108,250 (+14.0%)	$60,717 → $69,902 (+15.1%)
Median home value	$257,900 → $294,400 (+14.2%)	$145,700 → $166,300 (+14.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,202 → $1,732 (+44.1%)	$731 → $706 (-3.4%)

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

McLeansville

Population

1,044740

Median household income

$60,717$69,902

Median home value

$145,700$166,300

Median gross rent

$731$706

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Forest Oaks	McLeansville
Under 5	2.9%	0.5%
5 to 17	18.5%	1.9%
18 to 24	3.7%	0.0%
25 to 34	9.9%	14.1%
35 to 44	9.8%	0.9%
45 to 54	16.0%	12.3%
55 to 64	10.7%	42.7%
65 to 74	12.4%	6.6%
75 and over	16.1%	20.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Forest Oaks	McLeansville
White (non-Hispanic)	77.5%	90.1%
Black or African American	15.5%	6.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.1%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Forest Oaks	McLeansville
No high school diploma	0.0%	9.1%
High school graduate	16.4%	37.1%
Some college or associate's	37.0%	30.2%
Bachelor's degree	28.4%	23.5%
Graduate or professional degree	18.2%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Forest Oaks	McLeansville
Drove alone	77.8%	99.0%
Carpooled	10.9%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.3%	1.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Forest Oaks	McLeansville
1-unit, detached	92.0%	87.3%
1-unit, attached	8.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	12.7%

Poverty & households

	Forest Oaks	McLeansville
Poverty rate	6.3%	20.3%
Average household size	2.70	1.86
Mean commute (minutes)	22	25
Median year structure built	1978	1983