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Oak City, NC

472 Population
1 square miles 470.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

50 ±21.7 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Martin County: 46.7 ±0.6
  • about 1.3 times the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$23,436 ±$4,540 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Martin County: $27,007 ±$1,236
  • about three-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$60,739 ±$9,370 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Martin County: $46,793 ±$3,420
  • about 90 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

3.6% ±5.3% (17  ±26) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Martin County: 19.6% † 4,186 (±2.5% / ±536)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

37 minutes ±38.1 (7,995  ±5,805) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Martin County: 25 211,620 (±1.7 / ±19,400)
  • about 1.5 times the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

191 ±101 Number of households
  • Martin County: 9,361 ±323
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
2.5 ±1.7 (472  ±216) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Martin County: 2.3 21,610 (±0.1 / ±4)
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

10.7% ±10% (6  ±7) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Martin County: 3.7% † 172 (±2.1% / ±98)
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 127,227 (±0.1% / ±3,580)

Housing

250 ±106 Number of housing units
  • Martin County: 11,100 ±34
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$87,400 ±$9,557 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Martin County: $109,900 ±$6,748
  • about one-third of the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

5.6% ±5.5% (26  ±28) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Martin County: 8.8% † 1,905 (±2.1% / ±460.6)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

85.8% ±56.5% (319  ±130.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Martin County: 83.3% 13,231 (±5.2% / ±831.5)
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
7% ±8.4% (26  ±34) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Martin County: 15.2% † 2,406 (±2.2% / ±348.7)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in North Carolina: 34.7% 2,521,353 (±0.2% / ±14,597.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

1.5% ±2.5% (7  ±12) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Martin County: 1.7% 373
  • about one-fifth of the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923

6.5% ±3.3% (25  ±18) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Martin County: 7% † 1,209 (±1.5% / ±257)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
25 Total veterans ±18 23 Male ±17 2 Female ±5

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