Forest Oaks vs Oak Ridge

A side-by-side comparison of Forest Oaks and Oak Ridge: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Oak Ridge has the higher population (7,660 vs 4,095 in Forest Oaks). Oak Ridge has the higher median household income ($140,583 vs $108,250 in Forest Oaks). Oak Ridge has the higher median home value ($523,500 vs $294,400 in Forest Oaks).

Population, income & housing

	Forest Oaks	Oak Ridge
Population	4,095	7,660
Median age	48.9 yrs	46.1 yrs
Median household income	$108,250	$140,583
Median home value	$294,400	$523,500
Median gross rent	$1,732	—
Housing units	1,581	2,757
Homeownership rate	91.6%	92.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.7%	50.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Forest Oaks	Oak Ridge
Population	4,108 → 4,095 (-0.3%)	6,901 → 7,660 (+11.0%)
Median household income	$94,974 → $108,250 (+14.0%)	$127,578 → $140,583 (+10.2%)
Median home value	$257,900 → $294,400 (+14.2%)	$383,300 → $523,500 (+36.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,202 → $1,732 (+44.1%)	$2,059 → $1,277 (-38.0%)

Forest Oaks

Population

4,1084,095

Median household income

$94,974$108,250

Median home value

$257,900$294,400

Median gross rent

$1,202$1,732

Oak Ridge

Population

6,9017,660

Median household income

$127,578$140,583

Median home value

$383,300$523,500

Median gross rent

$2,059$1,277

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Forest Oaks	Oak Ridge
Under 5	2.9%	5.3%
5 to 17	18.5%	20.4%
18 to 24	3.7%	3.7%
25 to 34	9.9%	6.0%
35 to 44	9.8%	13.0%
45 to 54	16.0%	15.8%
55 to 64	10.7%	21.3%
65 to 74	12.4%	8.1%
75 and over	16.1%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Forest Oaks	Oak Ridge
White (non-Hispanic)	77.5%	77.2%
Black or African American	15.5%	3.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	11.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	2.4%	0.7%
Two or more races	4.1%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	5.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Forest Oaks	Oak Ridge
No high school diploma	0.0%	1.6%
High school graduate	16.4%	17.8%
Some college or associate's	37.0%	30.0%
Bachelor's degree	28.4%	28.8%
Graduate or professional degree	18.2%	21.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Forest Oaks	Oak Ridge
Drove alone	77.8%	63.0%
Carpooled	10.9%	3.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.3%	28.5%
Other means	0.0%	4.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Forest Oaks	Oak Ridge
1-unit, detached	92.0%	98.0%
1-unit, attached	8.0%	1.2%
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	0.0%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Forest Oaks	Oak Ridge
Poverty rate	6.3%	2.7%
Average household size	2.70	2.84
Mean commute (minutes)	22	23
Median year structure built	1978	1997