Forest Oaks vs Stokesdale

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

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

Stokesdale has the higher population (5,943 vs 4,095 in Forest Oaks). Stokesdale has the higher median household income ($135,389 vs $108,250 in Forest Oaks). Stokesdale has the higher median home value ($368,600 vs $294,400 in Forest Oaks).

Population, income & housing

	Forest Oaks	Stokesdale
Population	4,095	5,943
Median age	48.9 yrs	43.0 yrs
Median household income	$108,250	$135,389
Median home value	$294,400	$368,600
Median gross rent	$1,732	$783
Housing units	1,581	1,969
Homeownership rate	91.6%	94.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.7%	41.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Forest Oaks	Stokesdale
Population	4,108 → 4,095 (-0.3%)	5,396 → 5,943 (+10.1%)
Median household income	$94,974 → $108,250 (+14.0%)	$84,583 → $135,389 (+60.1%)
Median home value	$257,900 → $294,400 (+14.2%)	$205,400 → $368,600 (+79.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,202 → $1,732 (+44.1%)	$895 → $783 (-12.5%)

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

Stokesdale

Population

5,3965,943

Median household income

$84,583$135,389

Median home value

$205,400$368,600

Median gross rent

$895$783

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Forest Oaks	Stokesdale
Under 5	2.9%	4.5%
5 to 17	18.5%	22.5%
18 to 24	3.7%	7.6%
25 to 34	9.9%	4.6%
35 to 44	9.8%	17.1%
45 to 54	16.0%	14.5%
55 to 64	10.7%	17.7%
65 to 74	12.4%	8.3%
75 and over	16.1%	3.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Forest Oaks	Stokesdale
White (non-Hispanic)	77.5%	69.2%
Black or African American	15.5%	9.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.1%	6.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	13.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Forest Oaks	Stokesdale
No high school diploma	0.0%	2.0%
High school graduate	16.4%	24.8%
Some college or associate's	37.0%	32.2%
Bachelor's degree	28.4%	26.7%
Graduate or professional degree	18.2%	14.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Forest Oaks	Stokesdale
Drove alone	77.8%	70.7%
Carpooled	10.9%	4.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	4.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.3%	18.2%
Other means	0.0%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Forest Oaks	Stokesdale
1-unit, detached	92.0%	91.5%
1-unit, attached	8.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.8%

Poverty & households

	Forest Oaks	Stokesdale
Poverty rate	6.3%	7.6%
Average household size	2.70	3.01
Mean commute (minutes)	22	27
Median year structure built	1978	2002