Forest Acres vs Woodfield

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

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

Forest Acres has the higher population (10,491 vs 9,901 in Woodfield). Forest Acres has the higher median household income ($76,417 vs $38,394 in Woodfield). Forest Acres has the higher median home value ($260,500 vs $128,600 in Woodfield).

Population, income & housing

	Forest Acres	Woodfield
Population	10,491	9,901
Median age	41.7 yrs	34.4 yrs
Median household income	$76,417	$38,394
Median home value	$260,500	$128,600
Median gross rent	$1,182	$1,190
Housing units	5,485	4,422
Homeownership rate	78.5%	51.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	63.1%	21.2%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	6.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Forest Acres	Woodfield
Population	10,412 → 10,491 (+0.8%)	9,459 → 9,901 (+4.7%)
Median household income	$69,212 → $76,417 (+10.4%)	$38,782 → $38,394 (-1.0%)
Median home value	$193,700 → $260,500 (+34.5%)	$103,500 → $128,600 (+24.3%)
Median gross rent	$959 → $1,182 (+23.3%)	$965 → $1,190 (+23.3%)

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

Woodfield

Population

9,4599,901

Median household income

$38,782$38,394

Median home value

$103,500$128,600

Median gross rent

$965$1,190

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Forest Acres	Woodfield
Under 5	7.4%	4.6%
5 to 17	14.1%	21.3%
18 to 24	8.4%	11.9%
25 to 34	9.5%	12.7%
35 to 44	14.9%	13.4%
45 to 54	10.7%	12.5%
55 to 64	11.4%	8.6%
65 to 74	11.1%	8.5%
75 and over	12.3%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Forest Acres	Woodfield
White (non-Hispanic)	80.0%	12.9%
Black or African American	11.6%	54.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	1.9%	5.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	1.2%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.7%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	22.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Forest Acres	Woodfield
No high school diploma	3.6%	10.4%
High school graduate	8.6%	34.7%
Some college or associate's	24.6%	33.8%
Bachelor's degree	35.9%	14.4%
Graduate or professional degree	27.2%	6.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Forest Acres	Woodfield
Drove alone	78.8%	66.4%
Carpooled	7.2%	15.0%
Public transit	0.4%	2.1%
Walked	1.1%	4.7%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.3%	5.1%
Other means	1.5%	6.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Forest Acres	Woodfield
1-unit, detached	68.4%	66.2%
1-unit, attached	5.5%	6.7%
2 to 4 units	9.4%	4.9%
5 to 19 units	8.6%	13.6%
20 or more units	7.9%	5.3%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	3.3%

Poverty & households

	Forest Acres	Woodfield
Poverty rate	8.2%	24.9%
Average household size	2.10	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	21	22
Median year structure built	1965	1973