Foxfire vs Whispering Pines

A side-by-side comparison of Foxfire and Whispering Pines: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Whispering Pines has the higher population (5,081 vs 1,730 in Foxfire). Whispering Pines has the higher median household income ($112,517 vs $75,163 in Foxfire). Whispering Pines has the higher median home value ($452,800 vs $352,300 in Foxfire).

Population, income & housing

	Foxfire	Whispering Pines
Population	1,730	5,081
Median age	38.9 yrs	37.1 yrs
Median household income	$75,163	$112,517
Median home value	$352,300	$452,800
Median gross rent	$1,082	$2,122
Housing units	711	1,854
Homeownership rate	80.9%	79.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.4%	60.3%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Foxfire	Whispering Pines
Population	1,434 → 1,730 (+20.6%)	3,288 → 5,081 (+54.5%)
Median household income	$63,810 → $75,163 (+17.8%)	$79,943 → $112,517 (+40.7%)
Median home value	$245,400 → $352,300 (+43.6%)	$318,900 → $452,800 (+42.0%)
Median gross rent	$835 → $1,082 (+29.6%)	$1,490 → $2,122 (+42.4%)

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

Whispering Pines

Population

3,2885,081

Median household income

$79,943$112,517

Median home value

$318,900$452,800

Median gross rent

$1,490$2,122

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Foxfire	Whispering Pines
Under 5	4.9%	5.4%
5 to 17	21.1%	30.2%
18 to 24	7.2%	4.1%
25 to 34	7.8%	7.1%
35 to 44	14.1%	17.8%
45 to 54	8.8%	11.7%
55 to 64	13.5%	10.0%
65 to 74	13.1%	8.1%
75 and over	9.4%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Foxfire	Whispering Pines
White (non-Hispanic)	80.2%	85.9%
Black or African American	9.0%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.2%
Asian	1.1%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	6.5%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	11.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Foxfire	Whispering Pines
No high school diploma	3.0%	1.2%
High school graduate	14.8%	7.1%
Some college or associate's	46.8%	31.3%
Bachelor's degree	23.6%	35.3%
Graduate or professional degree	11.8%	25.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Foxfire	Whispering Pines
Drove alone	86.7%	80.6%
Carpooled	2.4%	3.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.7%	15.7%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Foxfire	Whispering Pines
1-unit, detached	83.1%	96.1%
1-unit, attached	3.9%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	5.5%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	6.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Foxfire	Whispering Pines
Poverty rate	1.8%	5.8%
Average household size	2.68	2.89
Mean commute (minutes)	24	30
Median year structure built	1997	1999