Gibsonville vs Oak Ridge

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

Gibsonville 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.

Gibsonville has the higher population (9,289 vs 7,660 in Oak Ridge). Oak Ridge has the higher median household income ($140,583 vs $105,981 in Gibsonville). Oak Ridge has the higher median home value ($523,500 vs $262,400 in Gibsonville).

Population, income & housing

	Gibsonville	Oak Ridge
Population	9,289	7,660
Median age	41.7 yrs	46.1 yrs
Median household income	$105,981	$140,583
Median home value	$262,400	$523,500
Median gross rent	$865	—
Housing units	3,977	2,757
Homeownership rate	83.4%	92.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.4%	50.6%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gibsonville	Oak Ridge
Population	7,127 → 9,289 (+30.3%)	6,901 → 7,660 (+11.0%)
Median household income	$66,761 → $105,981 (+58.7%)	$127,578 → $140,583 (+10.2%)
Median home value	$174,000 → $262,400 (+50.8%)	$383,300 → $523,500 (+36.6%)
Median gross rent	$807 → $865 (+7.2%)	$2,059 → $1,277 (-38.0%)

Gibsonville

Population

7,1279,289

Median household income

$66,761$105,981

Median home value

$174,000$262,400

Median gross rent

$807$865

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)

	Gibsonville	Oak Ridge
Under 5	4.0%	5.3%
5 to 17	19.6%	20.4%
18 to 24	5.7%	3.7%
25 to 34	9.0%	6.0%
35 to 44	14.3%	13.0%
45 to 54	15.1%	15.8%
55 to 64	14.9%	21.3%
65 to 74	9.4%	8.1%
75 and over	8.0%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gibsonville	Oak Ridge
White (non-Hispanic)	74.5%	77.2%
Black or African American	22.6%	3.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	11.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	1.3%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	5.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gibsonville	Oak Ridge
No high school diploma	6.5%	1.6%
High school graduate	20.9%	17.8%
Some college or associate's	34.1%	30.0%
Bachelor's degree	23.5%	28.8%
Graduate or professional degree	14.9%	21.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gibsonville	Oak Ridge
Drove alone	79.6%	63.0%
Carpooled	11.4%	3.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.3%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.2%	28.5%
Other means	2.4%	4.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gibsonville	Oak Ridge
1-unit, detached	84.0%	98.0%
1-unit, attached	6.5%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	3.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.5%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Gibsonville	Oak Ridge
Poverty rate	8.4%	2.7%
Average household size	2.53	2.84
Mean commute (minutes)	24	23
Median year structure built	2002	1997