White Oak is a tiny town located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 346 people and just one neighborhood, White Oak is the 520th largest community in North Carolina. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in White Oak, you'll find that a large proportion of houses were recently built. New growth in residential real estate is an indication that people are choosing to move to White Oak, and putting down their money on brand new construction. White Oak’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. White Oak does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income is $90,199.00.
White Oak is a blue-collar town, with 37.69% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, White Oak is a town of transportation and shipping workers, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in White Oak who work in business and financial occupations (17.69%), office and administrative support (13.85%), and healthcare (13.08%).
A relatively large number of people in White Oak telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 33.08% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.
The overall crime rate in White Oak is one of the lowest in the US. This makes it one of the safer places to live in the country in terms of crime.
It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) White Oak has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. White Oak has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in White Oak than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, White Oak may be for you.
In White Oak, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 34.91 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.
As is often the case in a small town, White Oak doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The education level of White Oak citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 23.97% of adults in White Oak have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in White Oak in 2022 was $24,527, which is lower middle income relative to North Carolina and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $98,108 for a family of four.
White Oak is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call White Oak home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of White Oak residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in White Oak include English, Scots-Irish, European, Yugoslavian, and Other West Indian.
The most common language spoken in White Oak is English. Other important languages spoken here include African languages and Arabic.
The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.
The neighborhood stands out for having the majority of its residential real estate made up of mobile homes. In fact, 51.5% of the occupied real estate here are mobile homes, which is a greater proportion than is found in 99.2% of the neighborhoods in the U.S. If you like mobile homes, this might be a great neighborhood in which to look for real estate.
In addition, this neighborhood has wide open spaces, few people, and lots of space to stretch out. If you like locations that fit that description, you may like this neighborhood. Based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis, with only 20 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 94.8% of America.
There are two complementary measures for understanding the income of a neighborhood's residents: the average and the extremes. While a neighborhood may be relatively wealthy overall, it is equally important to understand the rate of people - particularly children - who are living at or below the federal poverty line, which is extremely low income. Some neighborhoods with a lower average income may actually have a lower childhood poverty rate than another with a higher average income, and this helps us understand the conditions and character of a neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in White Oak are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 85.9% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 33.2% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 84.1% of U.S. neighborhoods.
What we choose to do for a living reflects who we are. Each neighborhood has a different mix of occupations represented, and together these tell you about the neighborhood and help you understand if this neighborhood may fit your lifestyle.
In the neighborhood, 34.9% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 26.3% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (21.2%), and 15.3% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 92.0% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (7.7%).
Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.
In the neighborhood in White Oak, NC, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (9.9%). There are also a number of people of French ancestry (4.3%), and residents who report English roots (4.0%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (3.2%), along with some Dutch ancestry residents (1.4%), among others.
How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (29.4% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (71.7%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (17.2%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.