Forest Acres vs Irmo

A side-by-side comparison of Forest Acres and Irmo: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Irmo has the higher population (11,799 vs 10,491 in Forest Acres). Irmo has the higher median household income ($85,137 vs $76,417 in Forest Acres). Forest Acres has the higher median home value ($260,500 vs $193,100 in Irmo).

Population, income & housing

	Forest Acres	Irmo
Population	10,491	11,799
Median age	41.7 yrs	39.5 yrs
Median household income	$76,417	$85,137
Median home value	$260,500	$193,100
Median gross rent	$1,182	$1,412
Housing units	5,485	4,996
Homeownership rate	78.5%	80.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	63.1%	37.3%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	8.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Forest Acres	Irmo
Population	10,412 → 10,491 (+0.8%)	12,215 → 11,799 (-3.4%)
Median household income	$69,212 → $76,417 (+10.4%)	$66,313 → $85,137 (+28.4%)
Median home value	$193,700 → $260,500 (+34.5%)	$125,000 → $193,100 (+54.5%)
Median gross rent	$959 → $1,182 (+23.3%)	$1,126 → $1,412 (+25.4%)

Forest Acres

Population

10,41210,491

Median household income

$69,212$76,417

Median home value

$193,700$260,500

Median gross rent

$959$1,182

Irmo

Population

12,21511,799

Median household income

$66,313$85,137

Median home value

$125,000$193,100

Median gross rent

$1,126$1,412

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Forest Acres	Irmo
Under 5	7.4%	4.5%
5 to 17	14.1%	17.1%
18 to 24	8.4%	6.8%
25 to 34	9.5%	17.0%
35 to 44	14.9%	12.0%
45 to 54	10.7%	13.5%
55 to 64	11.4%	14.3%
65 to 74	11.1%	8.8%
75 and over	12.3%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Forest Acres	Irmo
White (non-Hispanic)	80.0%	61.3%
Black or African American	11.6%	29.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.9%	2.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.7%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Forest Acres	Irmo
No high school diploma	3.6%	4.1%
High school graduate	8.6%	20.6%
Some college or associate's	24.6%	37.9%
Bachelor's degree	35.9%	26.3%
Graduate or professional degree	27.2%	11.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Forest Acres	Irmo
Drove alone	78.8%	76.2%
Carpooled	7.2%	9.8%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.3%	13.7%
Other means	1.5%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Forest Acres	Irmo
1-unit, detached	68.4%	89.9%
1-unit, attached	5.5%	4.5%
2 to 4 units	9.4%	1.8%
5 to 19 units	8.6%	1.7%
20 or more units	7.9%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Forest Acres	Irmo
Poverty rate	8.2%	8.1%
Average household size	2.10	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	21	25
Median year structure built	1965	1984