27358Summerfield, North Carolina

Area Profile

Income, jobs, climate, physical risk and development data for ZIP code 27358.

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How this area ranks
OpportunityTop 27% of 6,210 published ZIP areas66
SchoolsTop 20% of 4,422 published ZIP areas75
Housing affordabilityTop 15% of 6,685 published ZIP areas98
ClimateTop 24% of 6,789 published ZIP areas77
Physical resilienceTop 47% of 6,709 published ZIP areas61
AccessTop 32% of 6,791 published ZIP areas97
Economic stabilityTop 19% of 6,742 published ZIP areas76
The quick read

Unemployment is 4.0% and median household income $138,717, putting employment conditions in the middle range of published ZIP profiles.

Housing is more affordable relative to local incomes than in most published city profiles: rent takes 9% of median household income and the median home is 3.2 times it.

A major airport is 9 miles away, giving the area unusually direct access to the national air network.

At a glance

Population
15,685
2024 ACS 5-Year
Median household income
$138,717
Top 5% nationally
Density
297/sq mi
52.8 sq mi of land
Median age
43.4
2024 ACS 5-Year
City
Summerfield
North Carolina
Metro area
Greensboro-High Point, NC
Nearest major airport
GSO
9 mi · Piedmont Triad Intl
Median home value
$444,400
2024 ACS 5-Year

Jobs & opportunity

Unemployment of 4.0% is lower than 68% of the 6,544 measured US ZIP areas.

Employment fell 1.2% over the past year, to 251,244 employed residents.

54% of adults hold a four-year degree, higher than 90% of measured US ZIP areas.

Household income is higher than at least 95% of measured US ZIP areas.

MetricValueCompared with peersSource period
Median household income ±$16,810$138,717Top 5%2024 ACS 5-Year
Per capita income ±$4,865$60,185Top 11%2024 ACS 5-Year
Poverty rate5.6%Bottom 23%2024 ACS 5-Year
Average commute26.1 minBottom 41%2024 ACS 5-Year
Bachelor's degree or higher54.5%Top 10%2024 ACS 5-Year
Employment251,244Top 20%June 2026
Employment change (3 years)-0.7%Bottom 37%June 2026
Employment change (year over year)-1.2%Bottom 41%June 2026
Labor force261,745Top 20%June 2026
Labor force participation67.4%Top 23%2024 ACS 5-Year
Mean annual wage$59,180Bottom 16%2025 OEWS
Median annual wage$46,570Bottom 14%2025 OEWS
Unemployment change (year over year)-0.5%Bottom 18%June 2026
Unemployment rate4.0%Bottom 32%June 2026
Median household income, successive ACS releases
2021202220232024139k114k
Each point is a separate five-year estimate, most recently $138,717 in the 2024 ACS 5-Year. Consecutive releases share four years of sample, so AreaProfile shows them as a record of successive estimates and does not compute a year-over-year change from them.
Largest occupations — Greensboro-High Point, NC
OccupationPeople employedMedian annual wage
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand13,470$37,190
Retail Salespersons9,510$30,750
Cashiers7,510$28,630
Stockers and Order Fillers7,470$35,840
Customer Service Representatives7,460$41,240
Cooks, Fast Food6,850$27,880

Occupational employment and wages are published for metropolitan areas rather than for individual cities or ZIP areas, so these describe the wider labor market this location sits in. 2025 OEWS, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics does not publish labor-force data for ZIP areas. This is the figure for Summerfield, NC, the city containing this ZIP code.

60% of students met the state standard in mathematics and 61% in reading, across the schools here that reported results.

There are 18.5 students for every full-time teacher, more than in most measured places.

Public schools
4
2024-25 school year
Students per teacher
18.5
across all schools here
Math proficiency
60.0%
Top 10% in North Carolina
Reading proficiency
61.0%
Top 15% in North Carolina
SchoolDistrictStudentsPer teacherMathReading
Revolution Academy · charterRevolution Academy88619.766%50%
Summerfield Charter Academy · charterSummerfield Charter Academy77423.571%71%
Bethany Community School · charterBethany Community School64015.227%52%
Summerfield ElementaryGuilford County Schools58416.273%75%

23.0% of students here are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That describes the circumstances families arrive with rather than how the schools perform, which is why AreaProfile shows it and does not score it.

Public schools only, from the NCES Common Core of Data. Schools are placed by ZIP code, so this is which schools are in this place rather than which one a particular address is zoned for — district boundaries do not follow municipal ones, and enrollment zones change. Fully virtual schools are excluded: they enroll students from across the state while reporting one administrative address, and counting them here would describe a school population this place does not have. The assessment covers grades 3 through 8, so a high school shows no proficiency figure — a dash in those columns means the test was not given at that school, not that it performed badly. Proficiency is measured against North Carolina’s own standard, so it compares cleanly within the state and only broadly against other states; AreaProfile therefore ranks it within state. The directory is current, while the proficiency figures are from the last school year with national coverage before the pandemic interrupted testing.

Housing & affordability

How it’s calculated →

Median rent of $1,022 takes 9% of median household income, below the 30% threshold at which a household is considered cost-burdened.

A median home costs 3.2 times median household income here, above the historic benchmark of about three times income.

Rent as a share of income
8.8%
Below the 30% cost-burdened threshold
Home price to income
3.2×
median home value ÷ median income
Median gross rent
$1,022
2024 ACS 5-Year
Median home value
$444,400
2024 ACS 5-Year
MetricValueCompared with peersSource period
Home price to income3.20Top 47%2024 ACS 5-Year
Homeownership rate94.5%Top 10%2024 ACS 5-Year
Housing units ±3535,761Top 25%2024 ACS 5-Year
Median gross rent ±$627$1,022Top 49%2024 ACS 5-Year
Median home value ±$37,744$444,400Top 16%2024 ACS 5-Year
Rent as a share of income8.8%Bottom 2%2024 ACS 5-Year
Vacancy rate5.9%Bottom 27%2024 ACS 5-Year

Both affordability measures come from the same ACS release as the income they are compared with, so the comparison is like for like. They describe housing cost against local earnings and are not a cost-of-living index — transport, groceries, healthcare, insurance and taxes are not included, and a place can look affordable here and still be expensive to live in for reasons this does not capture.

Growth & development

How it’s calculated →

No building-permit activity is published for this location by the Census Building Permits Survey.

Weather & climate

7 of the twelve months have a normal average temperature between 55°F and 80°F. July averages a high of 89°F and January a low of 30°F.

Normal annual precipitation is 44.0 inches, including 7.1 inches of snow.

20°40°60°80°100°JFMAMJJASOND
Solid line: normal daily high. Dashed line: normal daily low. 1991-2020 normals from NOAA station PIEDMONT TRIAD INTL AP, 9.7 miles from this location.
Precipitation
JFMAMJJASOND4.6"
Normal monthly precipitation, in inches.
MetricValueSource period
Annual precipitation44.0"1991-2020 Normals
Annual snowfall7.1"1991-2020 Normals
Average January low30°F1991-2020 Normals
Average July high89°F1991-2020 Normals
Comfortable months71991-2020 Normals
Seasonal temperature swing39°F1991-2020 Normals

Climate figures are thirty-year normals, not current conditions. They describe what a typical year looks like rather than what the weather is doing today.

Physical risk

61 / 100
Physical resilience

The hazards accounting for most of this area's expected annual loss are inland flooding, hurricane and tornado.

Inland floodingModerate
Ice stormModerate
LightningModerate
HurricaneModerate
TornadoModerate
DroughtModerate
LandslideModerate

Low or minimal exposure: winter weather, hail, earthquake, heat wave, cold wave, strong wind, wildfire.

Hazard ratings are AreaProfile calculations derived from the FEMA National Risk Index v1.20.0 (December 2025). FEMA publishes at county level. ZIP values are the land-area-weighted mean of the counties the ZIP Code Tabulation Area intersects. Expected annual loss is not allocated below county level. FEMA does not endorse this presentation. Higher physical resilience means lower exposure.

These are deaths, not offences. AreaProfile does not publish reported crime, and this is not a substitute for it — it says nothing about burglary, theft or assault.

Guilford County records 7.1 homicide deaths per 100,000 residents a year, higher than most counties measured. The CDC does not publish this below county level.

Firearm deaths of all intents run at 14.0 per 100,000 — more than the homicide rate, because nationally most firearm deaths are suicides.

Drug overdose deaths run at 15.5 per 100,000 residents in Guilford County.

Homicide
7.1
per 100,000 residents · under 10 deaths
Firearm deaths, all intents
14.0
per 100,000 residents · under 10 deaths
Drug overdose
15.5
per 100,000 residents · under 10 deaths
Suicide
10.4
per 100,000 residents · under 10 deaths

Firearm deaths count every intent together, and nationally the majority are suicides rather than homicides. The two columns overlap and should not be added.

Age-adjusted rates from provisional death certificate records, published by the CDC for Guilford County as a whole — these rates are not published below county level. A county can hold both a dense city centre and a suburb whose experience of it is nothing alike, so this describes the county around 27358 rather than 27358 itself. That is why AreaProfile shows these figures and does not put them in the Area Score. Where fewer than ten deaths were recorded the count is suppressed at source, and a rate built on single figures moves sharply between releases. What this measure has that reported crime does not: a death certificate is filed whether or not the local police agency submitted a return that year, so the figures stay comparable between places and over time.

What this profile does not cover

Three things people look for are missing from every AreaProfile page, and each is missing for a reason rather than by oversight. The Area Score is calculated without them and the weighting is documented on the methodology page.

Reported crime
The FBI’s Crime Data Explorer is the only source for reported offences with national coverage and a published method, and it requires an API key AreaProfile does not hold. Arrest counts, news volume and commercial “safety scores” are not substituted in the meantime. What is published above under Safety is a different measurement — deaths rather than offences, from death certificates rather than police returns — and it covers no property crime at all.
Taxes
No tax dataset has met the source admission test for coverage, transparent methodology and update cadence. Nothing here is individualized tax advice.
Full cost of living
No public source publishes one with national coverage and a documented method. Housing affordability above is computed from published rent, price and income, and excludes transport, groceries, healthcare, insurance and taxes — commuting cost in particular tends to offset suburban housing savings.

Access

3 major airports lie within 100 miles, the nearest 9 miles away.

AirportCodeDistanceLongest runway
Piedmont Triad IntlGSO9 mi10,001 ft
Raleigh-Durham IntlRDU66 mi10,000 ft
Charlotte/Douglas IntlCLT92 mi10,000 ft

Airport identity, position and runway data come from the FAA. “Major airport” is an AreaProfile classification — a public-use civil airport with a paved runway of at least 8,000 feet — not an FAA hub designation. Distances are straight-line, not driving distance.

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Data & methodology

Used forSourceSource periodUpdated
AccessFederal Aviation Administration
Airports (NASR) — Aeronautical Data Delivery Service
NASR current cycle28-day NASR cycle
Physical riskFederal Emergency Management Agency
National Risk Index
National Risk Index December 2025 (v1.20.0)Periodic dataset versions (v1.20.0 current)
ClimateNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Monthly)
1991-2020 NormalsEvery ten years (next release follows the 2001–2030 period)
JobsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Local Area Unemployment Statistics
June 2026Monthly
JobsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics
2025 OEWSAnnual (spring release)
DemographicsU.S. Census Bureau
Population Estimates Program
July 1, 2024 estimateAnnual (vintage released each spring)
Demographics, Housing, Income, JobsU.S. Census Bureau
American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (Table-Based Summary File)
2024 ACS 5-YearAnnual (5-year estimates released each December)
safetyU.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics
Provisional county-level mortality by intent
April, 2025 to March, 2026Quarterly, with a rolling twelve-month window alongside complete calendar years
schoolsU.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics
Common Core of Data and EDFacts assessments
2019-20 school year; 2024-25 school yearDirectory annually; assessment results as EDFacts releases them

Profile recalculated August 30, 2026. Recalculation is not the same as new source data — each figure above shows the period its source actually covers. Read the full methodology or browse every source.

27358 vs Summerfield

How this ZIP area compares with Summerfield as a whole. Both figures come from the same ACS release, so the comparison is like for like.

27358
Summerfield
Median household income
$138,717
vs
$160,275
Per capita income
$60,185
vs
$64,431
Population density
297/sq mi
vs
421/sq mi
Median home value
$444,400
vs
$521,900
Median gross rent
$1,022
vs
$1,521
Homeownership rate
94.5%
vs
93.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher
54.5%
vs
59.5%
Poverty rate
5.6%
vs
7.1%
Median age
43.4
vs
44.0

Some demographic statistics use Census ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, which approximate but do not exactly match USPS ZIP delivery geography. See the methodology for how AreaProfile maps between them.