Stokesdale vs Summerfield

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

Stokesdale 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 5,943 in Stokesdale). Summerfield has the higher median household income ($151,131 vs $135,389 in Stokesdale). Summerfield has the higher median home value ($490,100 vs $368,600 in Stokesdale).

Population, income & housing

	Stokesdale	Summerfield
Population	5,943	11,031
Median age	43.0 yrs	44.4 yrs
Median household income	$135,389	$151,131
Median home value	$368,600	$490,100
Median gross rent	$783	$1,148
Housing units	1,969	4,090
Homeownership rate	94.3%	90.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.0%	59.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Stokesdale	Summerfield
Population	5,396 → 5,943 (+10.1%)	11,151 → 11,031 (-1.1%)
Median household income	$84,583 → $135,389 (+60.1%)	$103,769 → $151,131 (+45.6%)
Median home value	$205,400 → $368,600 (+79.5%)	$361,100 → $490,100 (+35.7%)
Median gross rent	$895 → $783 (-12.5%)	$961 → $1,148 (+19.5%)

Stokesdale

Population

5,3965,943

Median household income

$84,583$135,389

Median home value

$205,400$368,600

Median gross rent

$895$783

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)

	Stokesdale	Summerfield
Under 5	4.5%	4.1%
5 to 17	22.5%	21.1%
18 to 24	7.6%	6.7%
25 to 34	4.6%	5.6%
35 to 44	17.1%	14.2%
45 to 54	14.5%	18.7%
55 to 64	17.7%	14.5%
65 to 74	8.3%	9.0%
75 and over	3.2%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Stokesdale	Summerfield
White (non-Hispanic)	69.2%	78.5%
Black or African American	9.4%	5.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.9%	6.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	6.0%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	13.4%	4.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Stokesdale	Summerfield
No high school diploma	2.0%	3.0%
High school graduate	24.8%	14.5%
Some college or associate's	32.2%	23.0%
Bachelor's degree	26.7%	37.3%
Graduate or professional degree	14.3%	22.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Stokesdale	Summerfield
Drove alone	70.7%	68.7%
Carpooled	4.8%	4.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.0%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	18.2%	24.9%
Other means	2.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Stokesdale	Summerfield
1-unit, detached	91.5%	96.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.8%	3.1%

Poverty & households

	Stokesdale	Summerfield
Poverty rate	7.6%	7.7%
Average household size	3.01	2.85
Mean commute (minutes)	27	26
Median year structure built	2002	1999