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Oak Ridge, NC

7,660 Population
16.7 square miles 457.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.1 ±3.3 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Greensboro-High Point, NC Metro Area: 38.9 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$67,804 ±$10,932 Per capita income
  • nearly double the amount in the Greensboro-High Point, NC Metro Area: $35,569 ±$554
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$140,583 ±$27,385 Median household income
  • more than double the amount in the Greensboro-High Point, NC Metro Area: $63,083 ±$1,362
  • about double the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

2.7% ±1.8% (206  ±135) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-fifth of the rate in the Greensboro-High Point, NC Metro Area: 15.3% 115,399 (±0.6% / ±4,607)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

23 minutes ±5 (59,735  ±9,099) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Greensboro-High Point, NC Metro Area: 23.4 7,682,875 (±0.4 / ±162,881)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

2,696 ±195 Number of households
  • the Greensboro-High Point, NC Metro Area: 311,795 ±1,483
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
2.8 ±0.2 (7,660  ±42) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Greensboro-High Point, NC Metro Area: 2.4 753,464 (±0 / ±427)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

2,757 ±207 Number of housing units
  • the Greensboro-High Point, NC Metro Area: 342,062 ±192
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$523,500 ±$43,877 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than double the amount in the Greensboro-High Point, NC Metro Area: $207,600 ±$2,894
  • about double the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

10.6% ±4.6% (809  ±353.2) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Greensboro-High Point, NC Metro Area: 13.8% 106,794 (±0.5% / ±4,055.1)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

98.4% ±7.2% (5,327  ±518.5) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Greensboro-High Point, NC Metro Area: 88.3% 464,955 (±1.1% / ±5,873.4)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
50.6% ±6.4% (2,741  ±390.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Greensboro-High Point, NC Metro Area: 31.4% 165,375 (±0.7% / ±3,509.5)
  • about 1.5 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

11.7% ±4.2% (898  ±324) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Greensboro-High Point, NC Metro Area: 9.5% 73,775
  • about 1.3 times the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923

7% ±2.4% (396  ±136) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Greensboro-High Point, NC Metro Area: 6.3% 38,202 (±0.3% / ±1,613)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
396 Total veterans ±136 396 Male ±136 N/A Female ±19

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