Gibsonville vs Summerfield

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

Gibsonville 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 9,289 in Gibsonville). Summerfield has the higher median household income ($151,131 vs $105,981 in Gibsonville). Summerfield has the higher median home value ($490,100 vs $262,400 in Gibsonville).

Population, income & housing

	Gibsonville	Summerfield
Population	9,289	11,031
Median age	41.7 yrs	44.4 yrs
Median household income	$105,981	$151,131
Median home value	$262,400	$490,100
Median gross rent	$865	$1,148
Housing units	3,977	4,090
Homeownership rate	83.4%	90.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.4%	59.4%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gibsonville	Summerfield
Population	7,127 → 9,289 (+30.3%)	11,151 → 11,031 (-1.1%)
Median household income	$66,761 → $105,981 (+58.7%)	$103,769 → $151,131 (+45.6%)
Median home value	$174,000 → $262,400 (+50.8%)	$361,100 → $490,100 (+35.7%)
Median gross rent	$807 → $865 (+7.2%)	$961 → $1,148 (+19.5%)

Gibsonville

Population

7,1279,289

Median household income

$66,761$105,981

Median home value

$174,000$262,400

Median gross rent

$807$865

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)

	Gibsonville	Summerfield
Under 5	4.0%	4.1%
5 to 17	19.6%	21.1%
18 to 24	5.7%	6.7%
25 to 34	9.0%	5.6%
35 to 44	14.3%	14.2%
45 to 54	15.1%	18.7%
55 to 64	14.9%	14.5%
65 to 74	9.4%	9.0%
75 and over	8.0%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gibsonville	Summerfield
White (non-Hispanic)	74.5%	78.5%
Black or African American	22.6%	5.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	6.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	1.3%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	4.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gibsonville	Summerfield
No high school diploma	6.5%	3.0%
High school graduate	20.9%	14.5%
Some college or associate's	34.1%	23.0%
Bachelor's degree	23.5%	37.3%
Graduate or professional degree	14.9%	22.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gibsonville	Summerfield
Drove alone	79.6%	68.7%
Carpooled	11.4%	4.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.3%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	6.2%	24.9%
Other means	2.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gibsonville	Summerfield
1-unit, detached	84.0%	96.9%
1-unit, attached	6.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.5%	3.1%

Poverty & households

	Gibsonville	Summerfield
Poverty rate	8.4%	7.7%
Average household size	2.53	2.85
Mean commute (minutes)	24	26
Median year structure built	2002	1999