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Oak Ridge township, Guilford County, NC

14,761 Population
35.6 square miles 414.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.9 ±1.2 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Guilford County: 37.4 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$56,208 ±$4,997 Per capita income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Guilford County: $37,845 ±$713
  • about 1.4 times the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$139,350 ±$14,235 Median household income
  • more than double the amount in Guilford County: $66,027 ±$1,584
  • about double the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

3.4% ±1.9% (494  ±279) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Guilford County: 15.2% 79,108 (±0.7% / ±3,694)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

25.3 minutes ±4.6 (133,155  ±15,288) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Guilford County: 22.5 5,153,975 (±0.5 / ±132,356)
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

4,988 ±338 Number of households
  • Guilford County: 215,807 ±1,189
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
3 ±0.3 (14,700  ±866) Persons per household
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Guilford County: 2.4 519,416 (±0 / ±404)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

5.1% ±2.9% (163  ±96) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Guilford County: 5% † 6,995 (±0.5% / ±751)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 127,227 (±0.1% / ±3,580)

Housing

5,078 ±348 Number of housing units
  • Guilford County: 235,833 ±191
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$455,800 ±$25,047 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • nearly double the amount in Guilford County: $234,900 ±$3,775
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

9.7% ±2.8% (1,422  ±422) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Guilford County: 15% 80,448 (±0.7% / ±3,483)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

98.1% ±5.3% (9,755  ±752.7) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Guilford County: 90.3% 324,413 (±1.4% / ±4,929.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
50.1% ±4.7% (4,976  ±538.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Guilford County: 38.1% 136,918 (±0.9% / ±3,043.6)
  • about 1.4 times 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

8.4% ±2.4% (1,245  ±354) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Guilford County: 11.4% 62,023
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923

4.5% ±1.4% (487  ±157) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Guilford County: 6% 25,442 (±0.3% / ±1,244)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
487 Total veterans ±157 487 Male ±157 N/A Female ±21

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