Foxfire vs Seven Lakes

A side-by-side comparison of Foxfire and Seven Lakes: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Seven Lakes has the higher population (4,823 vs 1,730 in Foxfire). Seven Lakes has the higher median household income ($91,495 vs $75,163 in Foxfire). Seven Lakes has the higher median home value ($365,500 vs $352,300 in Foxfire).

Population, income & housing

	Foxfire	Seven Lakes
Population	1,730	4,823
Median age	38.9 yrs	59.5 yrs
Median household income	$75,163	$91,495
Median home value	$352,300	$365,500
Median gross rent	$1,082	$900
Housing units	711	2,540
Homeownership rate	80.9%	91.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.4%	46.1%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	1.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Foxfire	Seven Lakes
Population	1,434 → 1,730 (+20.6%)	4,903 → 4,823 (-1.6%)
Median household income	$63,810 → $75,163 (+17.8%)	$82,969 → $91,495 (+10.3%)
Median home value	$245,400 → $352,300 (+43.6%)	$290,000 → $365,500 (+26.0%)
Median gross rent	$835 → $1,082 (+29.6%)	$1,167 → $900 (-22.9%)

Foxfire

Population

1,4341,730

Median household income

$63,810$75,163

Median home value

$245,400$352,300

Median gross rent

$835$1,082

Seven Lakes

Population

4,9034,823

Median household income

$82,969$91,495

Median home value

$290,000$365,500

Median gross rent

$1,167$900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Foxfire	Seven Lakes
Under 5	4.9%	1.2%
5 to 17	21.1%	14.8%
18 to 24	7.2%	5.8%
25 to 34	7.8%	4.1%
35 to 44	14.1%	5.0%
45 to 54	8.8%	12.5%
55 to 64	13.5%	12.3%
65 to 74	13.1%	24.4%
75 and over	9.4%	19.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Foxfire	Seven Lakes
White (non-Hispanic)	80.2%	82.1%
Black or African American	9.0%	4.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.5%	10.1%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Foxfire	Seven Lakes
No high school diploma	3.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	14.8%	20.2%
Some college or associate's	46.8%	33.7%
Bachelor's degree	23.6%	27.6%
Graduate or professional degree	11.8%	18.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Foxfire	Seven Lakes
Drove alone	86.7%	77.5%
Carpooled	2.4%	12.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.7%	7.8%
Other means	0.5%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Foxfire	Seven Lakes
1-unit, detached	83.1%	92.6%
1-unit, attached	3.9%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	5.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	6.8%	0.4%
20 or more units	0.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	5.9%

Poverty & households

	Foxfire	Seven Lakes
Poverty rate	1.8%	7.7%
Average household size	2.68	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	24	33
Median year structure built	1997	1996