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White Oak township, Wake County, NC

119,603 Population
52.8 square miles 2,263.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.2 ±0.8 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Wake County: 37.3 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$62,711 ±$2,247 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Wake County: $55,448 ±$627
  • about 1.5 times the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$147,661 ±$6,444 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Wake County: $105,768 ±$1,626
  • about double the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324
  • nearly double the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

4.4% ±1.1% (5,189  ±1,283) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Wake County: 8.1% 94,044 (±0.4% / ±4,533)
  • about one-third of the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

23.4 minutes ±1.9 (909,095  ±48,324) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Wake County: 25.1 11,013,330 (±0.2 / ±162,068)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

42,558 ±1,093 Number of households
  • Wake County: 460,175 ±2,096
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.8 ±0.1 (119,431  ±2,929) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Wake County: 2.5 1,157,174 (±0 / ±197)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6.1% ±2% (1,965  ±629) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Wake County: 5% 15,415 (±0.4% / ±1,259)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

44,588 ±1,036 Number of housing units
  • Wake County: 496,047 ±204
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$601,600 ±$12,007 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Wake County: $461,300 ±$3,848
  • more than double the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086
  • nearly double the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

14.3% ±1.5% (16,812  ±1,794.6) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in Wake County: 15% 174,352 (±0.5% / ±6,276.5)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

97.2% ±1.7% (76,229  ±2,342.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Wake County: 94% 754,819 (±0.9% / ±7,356.5)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
72.2% ±1.5% (56,657  ±1,877.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Wake County: 57.2% 458,774 (±0.7% / ±5,236.8)
  • about double the rate in North Carolina: 35.7% 2,631,218 (±0.2% / ±13,757.8)
  • about double the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

25.9% ±1.4% (30,973  ±1,838) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Wake County: 15.3% 179,775
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

4% ±0.6% (3,443  ±538) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Wake County: 5.6% 51,127 (±0.2% / ±1,883)
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
3,443 Total veterans ±538 2,938 Male ±444 505 Female ±202

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