Oak Ridge vs Summerfield

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

Oak Ridge 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 7,660 in Oak Ridge). Summerfield has the higher median household income ($151,131 vs $140,583 in Oak Ridge). Oak Ridge has the higher median home value ($523,500 vs $490,100 in Summerfield).

Population, income & housing

	Oak Ridge	Summerfield
Population	7,660	11,031
Median age	46.1 yrs	44.4 yrs
Median household income	$140,583	$151,131
Median home value	$523,500	$490,100
Median gross rent	—	$1,148
Housing units	2,757	4,090
Homeownership rate	92.8%	90.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	50.6%	59.4%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oak Ridge	Summerfield
Population	6,901 → 7,660 (+11.0%)	11,151 → 11,031 (-1.1%)
Median household income	$127,578 → $140,583 (+10.2%)	$103,769 → $151,131 (+45.6%)
Median home value	$383,300 → $523,500 (+36.6%)	$361,100 → $490,100 (+35.7%)
Median gross rent	$2,059 → $1,277 (-38.0%)	$961 → $1,148 (+19.5%)

Oak Ridge

Population

6,9017,660

Median household income

$127,578$140,583

Median home value

$383,300$523,500

Median gross rent

$2,059$1,277

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)

	Oak Ridge	Summerfield
Under 5	5.3%	4.1%
5 to 17	20.4%	21.1%
18 to 24	3.7%	6.7%
25 to 34	6.0%	5.6%
35 to 44	13.0%	14.2%
45 to 54	15.8%	18.7%
55 to 64	21.3%	14.5%
65 to 74	8.1%	9.0%
75 and over	6.4%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oak Ridge	Summerfield
White (non-Hispanic)	77.2%	78.5%
Black or African American	3.6%	5.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	11.4%	6.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.2%
Two or more races	1.9%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	5.0%	4.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oak Ridge	Summerfield
No high school diploma	1.6%	3.0%
High school graduate	17.8%	14.5%
Some college or associate's	30.0%	23.0%
Bachelor's degree	28.8%	37.3%
Graduate or professional degree	21.9%	22.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oak Ridge	Summerfield
Drove alone	63.0%	68.7%
Carpooled	3.5%	4.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	28.5%	24.9%
Other means	4.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oak Ridge	Summerfield
1-unit, detached	98.0%	96.9%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	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	0.9%	3.1%

Poverty & households

	Oak Ridge	Summerfield
Poverty rate	2.7%	7.7%
Average household size	2.84	2.85
Mean commute (minutes)	23	26
Median year structure built	1997	1999