Light Oak vs Waco

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

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

Light Oak has the higher population (321 vs 216 in Waco). Light Oak has the higher median household income ($59,583 vs $31,250 in Waco). Waco has the higher median home value ($93,100 vs $87,100 in Light Oak).

Population, income & housing

	Light Oak	Waco
Population	321	216
Median age	57.5 yrs	55.3 yrs
Median household income	$59,583	$31,250
Median home value	$87,100	$93,100
Median gross rent	—	$1,077
Housing units	242	128
Homeownership rate	68.4%	80.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	10.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Light Oak	Waco
Population	1,140 → 321 (-71.8%)	344 → 216 (-37.2%)
Median household income	—	$47,614 → $31,250 (-34.4%)
Median home value	$67,500 → $87,100 (+29.0%)	$104,600 → $93,100 (-11.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$721 → $1,077 (+49.4%)

Light Oak

Population

1,140321

Median home value

$67,500$87,100

Waco

Population

344216

Median household income

$47,614$31,250

Median home value

$104,600$93,100

Median gross rent

$721$1,077

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Light Oak	Waco
Under 5	0.0%	4.6%
5 to 17	11.8%	4.6%
18 to 24	0.0%	1.4%
25 to 34	0.0%	15.3%
35 to 44	19.9%	9.7%
45 to 54	0.0%	13.4%
55 to 64	36.1%	12.0%
65 to 74	32.1%	21.8%
75 and over	0.0%	17.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Light Oak	Waco
White (non-Hispanic)	0.0%	91.7%
Black or African American	68.2%	7.9%
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	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	31.8%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Light Oak	Waco
No high school diploma	0.0%	18.1%
High school graduate	35.0%	45.1%
Some college or associate's	65.0%	25.9%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	4.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	6.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Light Oak	Waco
Drove alone	100.0%	72.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	2.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	24.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Light Oak	Waco
1-unit, detached	76.0%	68.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	24.0%	30.5%

Poverty & households

	Light Oak	Waco
Poverty rate	28.0%	12.0%
Average household size	2.82	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	—	29
Median year structure built	1983	1970