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Forest Oaks, North Carolina.

A community in Guilford County, with no city government of its own. Zillow publishes no home prices for it: see Guilford County’s.

Living in Forest Oaks, Guilford County, North Carolina

Forest Oaks, in Guilford County, had 4,209 people in the 2020 census. 91% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 9% are rented. Unemployment in Guilford County was 4.2% in August 2026, and the county had 1.5% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Guilford County work in schools and health care, then manufacturing.

People 4,209 in the 2020 census
Household income Too few homes in Forest Oaks for the Census survey to measure.
Unemployment 4.2% Guilford County, August 2026; 4.7% a year before
Homes 91% lived in by their owners; 9% rented
  • 1,624households
  • 46%of adults have a degree
  • 22 mintypical commute

What people in Guilford County work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care25%
  • Manufacturing13%
  • Shops (retail)12%
  • Professional and business services11%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment9%
  • Transport, warehouses and utilities7%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Guilford County had 292,379 jobs in 2025, 1.5% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 50° and 30°; warmest in July, 89° and 70° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 50° 30° F M A M J J 89° 70° A S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 50° and 30°; warmest in July, 89° and 70° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 50° 30° F M A M J J 89° 70° A S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 50° and lows near 30°; warmest in July, with highs near 89° and lows near 70°. About 46 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Greensboro Wtp weather station, 8 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Guilford County

  1. Guilford County SchoolsSchool district9,392FTE
  2. THE Moses H. Cone Memorial HospitalGeneral hospital6,040FTE
  3. University of North Carolina at GreensboroUniversity or college2,677
  4. Volvo Group NA GreensboroCorporate offices2,455
  5. UPSCouriers and express delivery services2,093
  6. North Carolina A & T State UniversityUniversity or college2,014
  7. FedExCourier and express delivery services1,863
  8. City of High PointGeneral public administration1,534

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 676 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 99,326 people in all across the county; Forest Oaks has none of its own. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24), hospitals from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023) and colleges from IPEDS (NCES, 2023–24); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.

Natural hazards

  1. Inland floodingRelatively high
  2. Ice stormsRelatively moderate
  3. Winter weatherRelatively moderate
  4. LightningRelatively moderate
  5. Cold wavesRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Forest Oaks’ census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively low. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.

From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Guilford County.