Forest Oaks vs Summerfield

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

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

Summerfield has the higher population (11,031 vs 4,095 in Forest Oaks). Summerfield has the higher median household income ($151,131 vs $108,250 in Forest Oaks). Summerfield has the higher median home value ($490,100 vs $294,400 in Forest Oaks).

Population, income & housing

	Forest Oaks	Summerfield
Population	4,095	11,031
Median age	48.9 yrs	44.4 yrs
Median household income	$108,250	$151,131
Median home value	$294,400	$490,100
Median gross rent	$1,732	$1,148
Housing units	1,581	4,090
Homeownership rate	91.6%	90.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.7%	59.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Forest Oaks	Summerfield
Population	4,108 → 4,095 (-0.3%)	11,151 → 11,031 (-1.1%)
Median household income	$94,974 → $108,250 (+14.0%)	$103,769 → $151,131 (+45.6%)
Median home value	$257,900 → $294,400 (+14.2%)	$361,100 → $490,100 (+35.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,202 → $1,732 (+44.1%)	$961 → $1,148 (+19.5%)

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

Summerfield

Population

11,15111,031

Median household income

$103,769$151,131

Median home value

$361,100$490,100

Median gross rent

$961$1,148

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Forest Oaks	Summerfield
Under 5	2.9%	4.1%
5 to 17	18.5%	21.1%
18 to 24	3.7%	6.7%
25 to 34	9.9%	5.6%
35 to 44	9.8%	14.2%
45 to 54	16.0%	18.7%
55 to 64	10.7%	14.5%
65 to 74	12.4%	9.0%
75 and over	16.1%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Forest Oaks	Summerfield
White (non-Hispanic)	77.5%	78.5%
Black or African American	15.5%	5.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	6.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.4%	0.2%
Two or more races	4.1%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	4.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Forest Oaks	Summerfield
No high school diploma	0.0%	3.0%
High school graduate	16.4%	14.5%
Some college or associate's	37.0%	23.0%
Bachelor's degree	28.4%	37.3%
Graduate or professional degree	18.2%	22.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Forest Oaks	Summerfield
Drove alone	77.8%	68.7%
Carpooled	10.9%	4.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	11.3%	24.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Forest Oaks	Summerfield
1-unit, detached	92.0%	96.9%
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%	3.1%

Poverty & households

	Forest Oaks	Summerfield
Poverty rate	6.3%	7.7%
Average household size	2.70	2.85
Mean commute (minutes)	22	26
Median year structure built	1978	1999