Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
For most people who can afford it, yes. Summerfield grades B overall, 54th among North Carolina's 286 graded towns. Residents are healthier than 93% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. The median household earns $160K. What holds it back is price: homes are expensive, about $518K for a typical one and 7.9 times the Greensboro metro’s $66K median household income. Summerfield’s median household income is $160,000, against $69,000 in North Carolina’s towns and $80,000 across U.S. towns. Summerfield has 3 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them Hillsdale Brick Store and Summerfield Historic District.
Where Summerfield beats most towns.
Where Summerfield’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within North Carolina), ordered by how far Summerfield is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 1,680 in 1980, 10,951 in 2020. The archive holds 5 old photos and papers going back to 1980 and 3 maps from 1969 on.
3 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Summerfield, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Ordered by what stands out in Summerfield.
Summerfield has less food insecurity than most of North Carolina and has milder winter nights than most of the country, though not than most of North Carolina; it also has homes that cost more against local pay than most of North Carolina.
Its widest gap with North Carolina is food insecurity: 7% of its 8,149 adults worry about having enough food, against 15.2% statewide. Against the 2,153 U.S. towns with household incomes like Summerfield’s, it is healthier than 60%, a smaller edge than it has nationally: part of it comes with its incomes.
13% of adults report frequent mental distress in Summerfield. Summerfield beats the North Carolina average on 18 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 28% of adults feel lonely in Summerfield.
| Summerfield | North Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 17% | 17% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 33% | 33% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 24% | 25% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 10% | 13% | 14% |
| What stands out | Summerfield | NC |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 7% | 15.2% |
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 4.2% | 8.1% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.4% | 7.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Its three schools are below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Summerfield Charter AcademyLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–8 | Grades K–8 | 774 | A |
| Revolution AcademyLargest public high schoolGrades K–9 | Grades K–9 | 886 | A− |
| Summerfield ElementaryTop results in townGrades K–5 | Grades K–5 | 584 | A |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NC on state tests and graduation
At 7.9 years of the Greensboro metro’s $66K median household income, the typical home (about $518K) costs more against local pay than in 95% of North Carolina towns; that ratio is one input to its C− for cost of living. The median property tax bill is $3,337, against $1,896 across North Carolina, another input to its cost-of-living grade.
94% of Summerfield households own their home. The typical Summerfield home is worth about $518,000, up 0.8% in a year, 56% above the North Carolina typical home.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Summerfield has 1,321 jobs for its 4,834 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out. Jobs based here grew from 960 in 2013 to 1,321.
Most working residents leave Summerfield for work: only 4% work in town. Since 2013, Summerfield has added 361 jobs, to 1,321 in 2023. The average trip to work in Summerfield is 28 minutes.
| Summerfield | North Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 24% | 12% | 11% |
| Average trip to work | 28 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 7.1% | 13% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 4.3% | 6.8% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
January nights average 28.9°: milder than most of the country, but colder than 76% of North Carolina places with climate records; July afternoons average 88.5°.
Summerfield has mild winters and warm summers. About 7 inches of snow falls in a winter. Summerfield’s January low is 29°F.
| Summerfield | North Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| January low | 29°F | 31°F | 22°F |
| July high | 89°F | 89°F | 85°F |
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 57% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
1.6 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve. The biggest park or preserve is Summerfield Community Park, at 20 acres.
| Summerfield | North Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 3.8% | 3.4% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Summerfield Community Park | 0.4 mi | 20 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Summerfield. Close and well known come first.
21 mi Stadium & arenaAllegacy Federal Credit Union Stadium
21 mi MuseumOld Salem
34 mi MountainPilot Mountain
40 mi Zoo & aquariumNorth Carolina Zoo700K visitors a year
5 mi National Military ParkGuilford Courthouse National Military Park450K visitors a year
25 mi State parkHanging Rock State ParkAllegacy Federal Credit Union Stadium: BobHWS, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Old Salem: David Bjorgen, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Pilot Mountain: Berean Hunter, CC BY-SA 2.5 · North Carolina Zoo: Diane Villa, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Guilford Courthouse National Military Park: National Park Service Digital Image Archives, Public domain · Hanging Rock State Park: Jacalyn Engler from Greensboro, United States, CC BY-SA 2.0
8 within 15 miles of the center of Summerfield
About 6 of every 100 Summerfield residents are enrolled in college, about the same as North Carolina.
6 notable people were born in Summerfield.
Town in North Carolina, United States
Summerfield is a town in Guilford County, North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 10,951. The town is largely regarded as a suburb of Greensboro and as development has grown, the town has slowly transformed from a rural farming area into a bedroom community primarily from Northern transplants. It features a town hall, along Oak Ridge Road (aka NC 150), west of Battleground Avenue (aka US 220), as well as a shopping center east of Battleground Avenue and Auburn Road, located on the eastern portion of NC 150. Interstate 73 passes just west of the town's center, connecting with NC 150, and also connecting with US 158 in the northernmost part of the town.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
3 towns share a border with Summerfield.
| Town | NC rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Summerfield | #54 | B | C− | — | B− | A |
| Greensboro | #215 | D | C− | D− | B− | B− |
| Stokesdale | #43 | B+ | C | — | B− | A− |
| Oak Ridge | #38 | B+ | C− | — | B− | A |
Summerfield, Stokesdale and Oak Ridge report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Summerfield with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
For most people who can afford it, yes. Summerfield grades B overall, better than 64% of U.S. towns and #54 of 286 in North Carolina. It grades A for health and B− for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a C−.
Yes. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C−.
6 notable people were born here, including Patrick Ball and Dave Harris.
