Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety10#14,114/15,637
Economy91#1,481/15,631
Housing56#6,527/14,977
Health69#4,872/15,609
Healthcare48#8,186/15,650
Environment60#6,136/15,453
Education72#4,448/15,649
Infrastructure89#1,725/15,650
Community74#4,050/15,651
Leisure & amenities68#5,020/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Summerfield, North Carolina ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Guilford County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Median household income · high$160,275
95/100North Carolina $74,055United States $81,6042020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19013
Distance to an Amtrak station · low5 mi
95/100North Carolina 23 miUnited States 43 mi2026Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauGuilford County value
Food insecurity · low7.4%
95/100North Carolina 15.8%United States 15.6%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Lack of reliable transportation · low4.9%
95/100North Carolina 8.8%United States 8.3%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Distance to an airport · low9 mi
94/100North Carolina 30 miUnited States 33 mi2025Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauGuilford County value
Physical inactivity · low15.3%
94/100North Carolina 24.9%United States 26.5%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate

Weaknesses

Mental health care shortage · high18.2
6/100North Carolina 12.3United States 9.9Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationGuilford County value
Drought exposure · high91%
6/100North Carolina 79%United States 43%Oct 2025–Sep 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAAGuilford County value
Public libraries · low0.2 /10k
7/100North Carolina 0.4 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesGuilford County value
Violent crime rate · high522 /100k
9/100North Carolina 330 /100kUnited States 328 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationGuilford County value
Time spent in the emergency room · high224 min
11/100North Carolina 189 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesGuilford County value
Dental care shortage · high17.0
12/100North Carolina 11.5United States 5.7Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationGuilford County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

Median household incomeImproving
$103,769 (2015-2019) → $160,275 (2020-2024)
+54%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
87.7% (2015-2019) → 97.4% (2020-2024)
+9.7 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Child poverty rateWorsening
4.3% (2015-2019) → 13.7% (2020-2024)
+9.4 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Rent as share of incomeImproving
25.7% (2015-2019) → 18.7% (2020-2024)
−7 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
Average commute timeWorsening
23.6 min (2015-2019) → 27.8 min (2020-2024)
+18%5 yearsCensus table B08013US 26.9 min → 26.4 min
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
56.1% (2015-2019) → 59.5% (2020-2024)
+3.4 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Summerfield, North Carolina improved on 2 of 12 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 10 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved2

Household income+54%$103,769 → $160,275
Inequality−0.0630.476 → 0.413

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 12 measures

Change of every measure of Summerfield, North Carolina between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	23.6 min2015-2019	27.8 min2020-2024	+4.2 min	Within the margin of error	13%
Bachelor's degree or higher	56.1%2015-2019	59.5%2020-2024	+3.4 points	Within the margin of error	55%
Broadband subscriptions	87.7%2015-2019	97.4%2020-2024	+9.7 points	Within the margin of error	58%
Effective property tax rate	0.80%2015-2019	0.71%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	32%
High school diploma or higher	95.9%2015-2019	98.9%2020-2024	+3.1 points	Within the margin of error	69%
Home price to income ratio	3.5×2015-2019	3.3×2020-2024	−0.2×	Within the margin of error	87%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4762015-2019	0.4132020-2024	−0.063	Improved	89%
Median household income	$103,7692015-2019	$160,2752020-2024	+54%	Improved	88%
Poverty rate	5.3%2015-2019	7.1%2020-2024	+1.8 points	Within the margin of error	28%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Unemployment rate	3.1%2015-2019	2.1%2020-2024	−0.9 points	Within the margin of error	68%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	4.5%2015-2019	4.6%2020-2024	+0 points	Within the margin of error	46%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Summerfield, North Carolina five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Summerfield, North Carolina in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Summerfield, North Carolina itself moved +8.8 points in standing on average over the same 8 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

11,116 residents (±26)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†
50–59
40–49
30–39†
20–29†
10–19
Under 10

Share of all residents, each sex

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

11,116 residents (±26)

Summerfield, North Carolina
North Carolina share

White75%8,290
Black7.8%†870
Hispanic or Latino3.3%†370

Education

7,395 residents (±315)

Summerfield, North Carolina
North Carolina share

No high school diploma1.1%†78
High school or GED15%1,099
Some college15%1,115

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

3,795 households (±196)

Summerfield, North Carolina
North Carolina share

Under $25k4.5%†169
$25k–50k10%†380
$50k–75k8.8%†335
$75k–100k7.3%†276
$100k–150k17%†659
$150k–200k14%531
$200k or more38%1,445

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $200k or more (+15.8 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

3,795 households (±196)

Summerfield, North Carolina
North Carolina share

Own94%3,559
Rent6.2%†236

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+6.4 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

236 households (±125)

Summerfield, North Carolina
North Carolina share

Under $75040%†94
$750–1,0007.2%†17
$1,000–1,5001.7%†

Home values

3,559 homes (±187)

Summerfield, North Carolina
North Carolina share

Under $150k6.1%†216
$150k–250k5.6%†200
$250k–400k19%663

Age of homes

4,020 homes (±189)

Summerfield, North Carolina
North Carolina share

2010 or later15%616
2000–200934%1,371
1980–199935%1,426

Size of homes

4,020 homes (±189)

Summerfield, North Carolina
North Carolina share

Studio0.0%0
1 bedroom0.0%0
2 bedrooms7.2%†290

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

5,183 workers (±465)

Summerfield, North Carolina
North Carolina share

Drive alone70%3,653
Carpool3.7%†192
Public transit0.0%0
Walk1.4%†73
Bike0.5%†25
Work from home24%1,240
Other0.0%0

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Work from home (+14.4 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

3,943 workers (±370)

Summerfield, North Carolina
North Carolina share

Under 15 min16%†616
15–29 min53%2,095
30–44 min24%936

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Greensboro-High Point, NC

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Guilford County, the county holding most of Summerfield's residents.

Guilford County has 14,306 employer establishments, 259 for every 10,000 residents (1.04× the US rate of 248; 1.09× North Carolina's), with 265,517 paid employees at an average annual pay of $57,417. The Census Bureau also counts 52,029 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 14,306; 52,029 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 259; US 248 · North Carolina 237
Paid employees: 265,517
Average annual pay: $57,417; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Guilford County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Restaurants and other eating places	1,056	19.1	1.04×About typical	22,389	$20,253	298
Ambulatory health care services	973	17.6	0.85×About typical	17,332	$78,091	2,262
Specialty trade contractors	791	14.3	0.93×About typical	9,877	$67,197	3,019
Lessors of real estate	709	12.9	1.04×About typical	3,928	$55,800	5,430
Limited-service restaurants	494	9	1.12×About typical	10,901	$17,114	118
Construction of buildings	455	8.3	1.09×About typical	3,215	$76,694	1,398
Full-service restaurants	440	8	1.04×About typical	9,924	$23,902	85
Religious organizations	428	7.8	1.40×More than typical	2,979	$25,354	—
Services to buildings and dwellings	411	7.5	1.11×About typical	6,190	$30,013	3,111
Building equipment contractors	348	6.3	1.05×About typical	6,547	$70,189	449
Management, scientific and technical consulting	316	5.7	0.85×About typical	1,639	$77,699	1,718
Truck transportation	300	5.4	1.08×About typical	4,964	$58,647	1,448

Rank places for an industry Open Guilford County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 551,451 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $11.8M of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Summerfield, North Carolina: $1,062 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $11.8M; −47% vs FY2025
Per resident: $1,062; US $1,994
Sole-source: 0.0%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.1%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Defense Logistics Agency$12.3M100%
National Institutes of Health$40.6K0.3%
Department of Veterans Affairs$7,5800.1%
National Park Service$2,9180.0%
Consumer Product Safety Commission$2,0900.0%
Department of the Navy$2390.0%
Federal Aviation Administration$1890.0%

Top recipients

DOVE MEDICAL SUPPLY LLC$12.4M100%
SAFETY & SECURITY INTERNATIONAL, INC.$27.2K0.2%
MASTS CONSULTING INC$2,0900.0%
PAST MATTERS LLC$2,0160.0%
KSNL CONSULTING LLC$6420.0%
THE DAVINCI COMPANY, LLC

Spending by fiscal year

7.3MFY2017
10.8MFY2018
16.9MFY2019
19.3MFY2020
18.2MFY2021
22MFY2022
20.2MFY2023
18.7M

Top industries (NAICS)

Professional and commercial equipment and supplies merchant wholesalers · 4234$12.3M100%
Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing · 3345$47.8K0.4%
Hardware manufacturing · 3325$14.5K0.1%
Electrical equipment manufacturing · 3353$6,4170.1%
Semiconductor and other electronic component manufacturing · 3344$6,0400.1%
Data processing, hosting, and related services · 5182$2,090

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Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Summerfield, North Carolina, so they do not add up across cities.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Summerfield is mostly in Guilford County.

See federal money in Guilford County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Summerfield, North Carolina is split between congressional districts: each representative is shown with the share of its residents in their district (current boundaries).

House

Senate

Thom Tillis

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Guilford County60100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Greensboro-High Point, NC52

Other cities and towns in Guilford County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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