Forest Oaks vs Sedalia

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

Forest Oaks and Sedalia 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 680 in Sedalia). Forest Oaks has the higher median household income ($108,250 vs $78,750 in Sedalia). Forest Oaks has the higher median home value ($294,400 vs $172,400 in Sedalia).

Population, income & housing

	Forest Oaks	Sedalia
Population	4,095	680
Median age	48.9 yrs	55.6 yrs
Median household income	$108,250	$78,750
Median home value	$294,400	$172,400
Median gross rent	$1,732	—
Housing units	1,581	298
Homeownership rate	91.6%	99.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.7%	19.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Forest Oaks	Sedalia
Population	4,108 → 4,095 (-0.3%)	501 → 680 (+35.7%)
Median household income	$94,974 → $108,250 (+14.0%)	$52,578 → $78,750 (+49.8%)
Median home value	$257,900 → $294,400 (+14.2%)	$146,900 → $172,400 (+17.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,202 → $1,732 (+44.1%)	$870 → $956 (+9.9%)

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

Sedalia

Population

501680

Median household income

$52,578$78,750

Median home value

$146,900$172,400

Median gross rent

$870$956

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Forest Oaks	Sedalia
Under 5	2.9%	1.0%
5 to 17	18.5%	6.3%
18 to 24	3.7%	12.2%
25 to 34	9.9%	8.2%
35 to 44	9.8%	10.7%
45 to 54	16.0%	8.2%
55 to 64	10.7%	23.2%
65 to 74	12.4%	16.2%
75 and over	16.1%	13.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Forest Oaks	Sedalia
White (non-Hispanic)	77.5%	10.4%
Black or African American	15.5%	76.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.9%
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%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	9.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Forest Oaks	Sedalia
No high school diploma	0.0%	13.0%
High school graduate	16.4%	42.2%
Some college or associate's	37.0%	25.8%
Bachelor's degree	28.4%	8.2%
Graduate or professional degree	18.2%	10.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Forest Oaks	Sedalia
Drove alone	77.8%	85.5%
Carpooled	10.9%	9.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.3%	4.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Forest Oaks	Sedalia
1-unit, detached	92.0%	97.7%
1-unit, attached	8.0%	2.3%
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%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Forest Oaks	Sedalia
Poverty rate	6.3%	9.1%
Average household size	2.70	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	22	24
Median year structure built	1978	1985