Earl vs Light Oak

A side-by-side comparison of Earl and Light Oak: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Earl has the higher population (367 vs 321 in Light Oak). Light Oak has the higher median household income ($59,583 vs $42,287 in Earl). Earl has the higher median home value ($160,900 vs $87,100 in Light Oak).

Population, income & housing

	Earl	Light Oak
Population	367	321
Median age	56.3 yrs	57.5 yrs
Median household income	$42,287	$59,583
Median home value	$160,900	$87,100
Median gross rent	$937	—
Housing units	237	242
Homeownership rate	81.2%	68.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.7%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Earl	Light Oak
Population	269 → 367 (+36.4%)	1,140 → 321 (-71.8%)
Median household income	$46,250 → $42,287 (-8.6%)	—
Median home value	$86,700 → $160,900 (+85.6%)	$67,500 → $87,100 (+29.0%)
Median gross rent	$708 → $937 (+32.3%)	—

Earl

Population

269367

Median household income

$46,250$42,287

Median home value

$86,700$160,900

Median gross rent

$708$937

Light Oak

Population

1,140321

Median home value

$67,500$87,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Earl	Light Oak
Under 5	1.6%	0.0%
5 to 17	8.4%	11.8%
18 to 24	9.5%	0.0%
25 to 34	10.4%	0.0%
35 to 44	10.6%	19.9%
45 to 54	3.5%	0.0%
55 to 64	37.3%	36.1%
65 to 74	15.0%	32.1%
75 and over	3.5%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Earl	Light Oak
White (non-Hispanic)	74.9%	0.0%
Black or African American	9.8%	68.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	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	1.1%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	13.6%	31.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Earl	Light Oak
No high school diploma	8.8%	0.0%
High school graduate	51.9%	35.0%
Some college or associate's	34.6%	65.0%
Bachelor's degree	0.3%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Earl	Light Oak
Drove alone	57.2%	100.0%
Carpooled	23.2%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	19.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Earl	Light Oak
1-unit, detached	74.7%	76.0%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	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	24.5%	24.0%

Poverty & households

	Earl	Light Oak
Poverty rate	15.0%	28.0%
Average household size	2.38	2.82
Mean commute (minutes)	18	—
Median year structure built	1983	1983