Tar Heel vs White Oak

A side-by-side comparison of Tar Heel and White Oak: population, income, housing, and more.

Tar Heel and White Oak are places in North Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

White Oak has the higher population (145 vs 72 in Tar Heel). White Oak has the higher median home value ($185,500 vs $152,100 in Tar Heel). Since 2019, Tar Heel's population has grown faster (-46.7% vs -58.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Tar Heel	White Oak
Population	72	145
Median age	56.3 yrs	62.3 yrs
Median household income	—	$93,200
Median home value	$152,100	$185,500
Housing units	55	117
Homeownership rate	69.0%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.5%	22.6%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Tar Heel	White Oak
Population	135 → 72 (-46.7%)	351 → 145 (-58.7%)
Median household income	$30,625 → $23,500 (-23.3%)	$43,173 → $93,200 (+115.9%)
Median home value	$97,500 → $152,100 (+56.0%)	$134,100 → $185,500 (+38.3%)

Tar Heel

Population

13572

Median household income

$30,625$23,500

Median home value

$97,500$152,100

White Oak

Population

351145

Median household income

$43,173$93,200

Median home value

$134,100$185,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Tar Heel	White Oak
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	11.1%	5.5%
18 to 24	1.4%	0.0%
25 to 34	19.4%	0.0%
35 to 44	5.6%	22.1%
45 to 54	11.1%	7.6%
55 to 64	9.7%	24.1%
65 to 74	34.7%	26.2%
75 and over	6.9%	14.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Tar Heel	White Oak
White (non-Hispanic)	98.6%	57.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	42.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Tar Heel	White Oak
No high school diploma	17.5%	0.0%
High school graduate	17.5%	19.7%
Some college or associate's	55.6%	57.7%
Bachelor's degree	9.5%	8.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	14.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Tar Heel	White Oak
Drove alone	95.5%	74.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.5%	26.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Tar Heel	White Oak
1-unit, detached	76.4%	56.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	23.6%	43.6%

Poverty & households

	Tar Heel	White Oak
Poverty rate	9.7%	11.0%
Average household size	1.71	2.27
Median year structure built	1973	1984