High Point vs Summerfield

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

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

High Point has the higher population (115,263 vs 11,031 in Summerfield). Summerfield has the higher median household income ($151,131 vs $61,228 in High Point). Summerfield has the higher median home value ($490,100 vs $212,400 in High Point).

Population, income & housing

	High Point	Summerfield
Population	115,263	11,031
Median age	37.8 yrs	44.4 yrs
Median household income	$61,228	$151,131
Median home value	$212,400	$490,100
Median gross rent	$1,062	$1,148
Housing units	48,990	4,090
Homeownership rate	58.1%	90.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.9%	59.4%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	High Point	Summerfield
Population	111,714 → 115,263 (+3.2%)	11,151 → 11,031 (-1.1%)
Median household income	$47,234 → $61,228 (+29.6%)	$103,769 → $151,131 (+45.6%)
Median home value	$151,900 → $212,400 (+39.8%)	$361,100 → $490,100 (+35.7%)
Median gross rent	$879 → $1,062 (+20.8%)	$961 → $1,148 (+19.5%)

High Point

Population

111,714115,263

Median household income

$47,234$61,228

Median home value

$151,900$212,400

Median gross rent

$879$1,062

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)

	High Point	Summerfield
Under 5	6.5%	4.1%
5 to 17	15.6%	21.1%
18 to 24	12.0%	6.7%
25 to 34	12.9%	5.6%
35 to 44	12.4%	14.2%
45 to 54	11.8%	18.7%
55 to 64	12.7%	14.5%
65 to 74	10.1%	9.0%
75 and over	6.1%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	High Point	Summerfield
White (non-Hispanic)	43.3%	78.5%
Black or African American	32.2%	5.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	8.2%	6.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.3%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	12.3%	4.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	High Point	Summerfield
No high school diploma	13.6%	3.0%
High school graduate	23.6%	14.5%
Some college or associate's	28.9%	23.0%
Bachelor's degree	21.7%	37.3%
Graduate or professional degree	12.3%	22.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	High Point	Summerfield
Drove alone	77.0%	68.7%
Carpooled	10.1%	4.4%
Public transit	0.8%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.5%
Worked from home	8.6%	24.9%
Other means	2.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	High Point	Summerfield
1-unit, detached	63.9%	96.9%
1-unit, attached	7.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	13.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	7.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	3.1%

Poverty & households

	High Point	Summerfield
Poverty rate	14.7%	7.7%
Average household size	2.41	2.85
Mean commute (minutes)	21	26
Median year structure built	1987	1999