Four Oaks is a very small town located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 2,530 people and five associated neighborhoods, Four Oaks is the 299th largest community in North Carolina.When you are in Four Oaks, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 35.32% of Four Oaks’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Four Oaks is a town of construction workers and builders, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Four Oaks who work in management occupations (11.69%), food service (11.21%), and office and administrative support (10.40%). One downside of living in Four Oaks is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Four Oaks, the average commute to work is 38.28 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. As is often the case in a small town, Four Oaks doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.The percentage of adults in Four Oaks who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 18.85% of the adults in Four Oaks have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Four Oaks in 2022 was $33,310, which is upper middle income relative to North Carolina, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $133,240 for a family of four. However, Four Oaks contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Four Oaks is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Four Oaks home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Four Oaks residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Four Oaks also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 28.16% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Four Oaks include English, German, European, Polish, and Italian. Foreign born people are also an important part of Four Oaks's cultural character, accounting for 17.50% of the town’s population. The most common language spoken in Four Oaks is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Chinese.
