Pleasant Garden vs Summerfield

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

Pleasant Garden 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 4,989 in Pleasant Garden). Summerfield has the higher median household income ($151,131 vs $88,482 in Pleasant Garden). Summerfield has the higher median home value ($490,100 vs $212,700 in Pleasant Garden).

Population, income & housing

	Pleasant Garden	Summerfield
Population	4,989	11,031
Median age	38.6 yrs	44.4 yrs
Median household income	$88,482	$151,131
Median home value	$212,700	$490,100
Median gross rent	$1,114	$1,148
Housing units	2,244	4,090
Homeownership rate	79.3%	90.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.8%	59.4%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pleasant Garden	Summerfield
Population	4,837 → 4,989 (+3.1%)	11,151 → 11,031 (-1.1%)
Median household income	$65,614 → $88,482 (+34.9%)	$103,769 → $151,131 (+45.6%)
Median home value	$171,700 → $212,700 (+23.9%)	$361,100 → $490,100 (+35.7%)
Median gross rent	$806 → $1,114 (+38.2%)	$961 → $1,148 (+19.5%)

Pleasant Garden

Population

4,8374,989

Median household income

$65,614$88,482

Median home value

$171,700$212,700

Median gross rent

$806$1,114

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)

	Pleasant Garden	Summerfield
Under 5	6.0%	4.1%
5 to 17	16.6%	21.1%
18 to 24	8.0%	6.7%
25 to 34	17.9%	5.6%
35 to 44	6.4%	14.2%
45 to 54	10.2%	18.7%
55 to 64	15.6%	14.5%
65 to 74	12.1%	9.0%
75 and over	7.3%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pleasant Garden	Summerfield
White (non-Hispanic)	77.6%	78.5%
Black or African American	14.1%	5.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	6.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	5.8%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	4.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pleasant Garden	Summerfield
No high school diploma	4.0%	3.0%
High school graduate	26.5%	14.5%
Some college or associate's	38.7%	23.0%
Bachelor's degree	22.0%	37.3%
Graduate or professional degree	8.8%	22.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pleasant Garden	Summerfield
Drove alone	81.0%	68.7%
Carpooled	5.3%	4.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.1%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	11.7%	24.9%
Other means	1.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pleasant Garden	Summerfield
1-unit, detached	85.5%	96.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	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	14.5%	3.1%

Poverty & households

	Pleasant Garden	Summerfield
Poverty rate	9.5%	7.7%
Average household size	2.39	2.85
Mean commute (minutes)	28	26
Median year structure built	1979	1999