Forestbrook vs Homewood

A side-by-side comparison of Forestbrook and Homewood: population, income, housing, and more.

Forestbrook and Homewood are places in South Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Forestbrook has the higher population (7,450 vs 1,390 in Homewood). Forestbrook has the higher median household income ($77,791 vs $44,466 in Homewood). Forestbrook has the higher median home value ($298,800 vs $183,300 in Homewood).

Population, income & housing

	Forestbrook	Homewood
Population	7,450	1,390
Median age	50.7 yrs	49.3 yrs
Median household income	$77,791	$44,466
Median home value	$298,800	$183,300
Median gross rent	$1,087	$779
Housing units	3,213	640
Homeownership rate	88.8%	80.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.6%	24.3%
Unemployment rate	6.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Forestbrook	Homewood
Population	6,591 → 7,450 (+13.0%)	1,642 → 1,390 (-15.3%)
Median household income	$55,945 → $77,791 (+39.0%)	$35,593 → $44,466 (+24.9%)
Median home value	$194,700 → $298,800 (+53.5%)	$155,000 → $183,300 (+18.3%)
Median gross rent	$965 → $1,087 (+12.6%)	$719 → $779 (+8.3%)

Forestbrook

Population

6,5917,450

Median household income

$55,945$77,791

Median home value

$194,700$298,800

Median gross rent

$965$1,087

Homewood

Population

1,6421,390

Median household income

$35,593$44,466

Median home value

$155,000$183,300

Median gross rent

$719$779

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Forestbrook	Homewood
Under 5	2.3%	0.0%
5 to 17	12.1%	16.4%
18 to 24	6.9%	1.0%
25 to 34	10.8%	9.1%
35 to 44	10.1%	8.0%
45 to 54	12.0%	22.7%
55 to 64	17.5%	13.3%
65 to 74	17.6%	19.9%
75 and over	10.7%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Forestbrook	Homewood
White (non-Hispanic)	85.0%	53.2%
Black or African American	3.9%	32.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.0%	10.2%
Hispanic or Latino	9.9%	4.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Forestbrook	Homewood
No high school diploma	4.8%	12.9%
High school graduate	22.4%	43.1%
Some college or associate's	42.2%	19.7%
Bachelor's degree	14.5%	11.9%
Graduate or professional degree	16.1%	12.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Forestbrook	Homewood
Drove alone	83.4%	77.0%
Carpooled	5.4%	7.6%
Public transit	0.0%	1.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.8%	10.3%
Other means	3.4%	4.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Forestbrook	Homewood
1-unit, detached	85.3%	67.2%
1-unit, attached	12.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	32.8%

Poverty & households

	Forestbrook	Homewood
Poverty rate	6.0%	28.6%
Average household size	2.56	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	21	28
Median year structure built	2003	2000