Forest Oaks vs Whitsett

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

Forest Oaks and Whitsett 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 592 in Whitsett). Forest Oaks has the higher median household income ($108,250 vs $66,625 in Whitsett). Forest Oaks has the higher median home value ($294,400 vs $201,800 in Whitsett).

Population, income & housing

	Forest Oaks	Whitsett
Population	4,095	592
Median age	48.9 yrs	56.2 yrs
Median household income	$108,250	$66,625
Median home value	$294,400	$201,800
Median gross rent	$1,732	$1,577
Housing units	1,581	436
Homeownership rate	91.6%	82.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.7%	21.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Forest Oaks	Whitsett
Population	4,108 → 4,095 (-0.3%)	732 → 592 (-19.1%)
Median household income	$94,974 → $108,250 (+14.0%)	$58,750 → $66,625 (+13.4%)
Median home value	$257,900 → $294,400 (+14.2%)	$183,900 → $201,800 (+9.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,202 → $1,732 (+44.1%)	$783 → $1,577 (+101.4%)

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

Whitsett

Population

732592

Median household income

$58,750$66,625

Median home value

$183,900$201,800

Median gross rent

$783$1,577

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Forest Oaks	Whitsett
Under 5	2.9%	7.8%
5 to 17	18.5%	10.8%
18 to 24	3.7%	3.0%
25 to 34	9.9%	9.8%
35 to 44	9.8%	9.6%
45 to 54	16.0%	7.3%
55 to 64	10.7%	22.1%
65 to 74	12.4%	17.2%
75 and over	16.1%	12.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Forest Oaks	Whitsett
White (non-Hispanic)	77.5%	84.8%
Black or African American	15.5%	6.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.1%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	4.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Forest Oaks	Whitsett
No high school diploma	0.0%	11.9%
High school graduate	16.4%	26.5%
Some college or associate's	37.0%	40.3%
Bachelor's degree	28.4%	14.9%
Graduate or professional degree	18.2%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Forest Oaks	Whitsett
Drove alone	77.8%	93.3%
Carpooled	10.9%	3.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.3%	3.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Forest Oaks	Whitsett
1-unit, detached	92.0%	96.8%
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%	3.2%

Poverty & households

	Forest Oaks	Whitsett
Poverty rate	6.3%	3.2%
Average household size	2.70	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	22	29
Median year structure built	1978	1986