High Point vs Oak Ridge

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

High Point 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.

High Point has the higher population (115,263 vs 7,660 in Oak Ridge). Oak Ridge has the higher median household income ($140,583 vs $61,228 in High Point). Oak Ridge has the higher median home value ($523,500 vs $212,400 in High Point).

Population, income & housing

	High Point	Oak Ridge
Population	115,263	7,660
Median age	37.8 yrs	46.1 yrs
Median household income	$61,228	$140,583
Median home value	$212,400	$523,500
Median gross rent	$1,062	—
Housing units	48,990	2,757
Homeownership rate	58.1%	92.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.9%	50.6%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	High Point	Oak Ridge
Population	111,714 → 115,263 (+3.2%)	6,901 → 7,660 (+11.0%)
Median household income	$47,234 → $61,228 (+29.6%)	$127,578 → $140,583 (+10.2%)
Median home value	$151,900 → $212,400 (+39.8%)	$383,300 → $523,500 (+36.6%)
Median gross rent	$879 → $1,062 (+20.8%)	$2,059 → $1,277 (-38.0%)

High Point

Population

111,714115,263

Median household income

$47,234$61,228

Median home value

$151,900$212,400

Median gross rent

$879$1,062

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)

	High Point	Oak Ridge
Under 5	6.5%	5.3%
5 to 17	15.6%	20.4%
18 to 24	12.0%	3.7%
25 to 34	12.9%	6.0%
35 to 44	12.4%	13.0%
45 to 54	11.8%	15.8%
55 to 64	12.7%	21.3%
65 to 74	10.1%	8.1%
75 and over	6.1%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	High Point	Oak Ridge
White (non-Hispanic)	43.3%	77.2%
Black or African American	32.2%	3.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	8.2%	11.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.4%	0.7%
Two or more races	3.3%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	12.3%	5.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	High Point	Oak Ridge
No high school diploma	13.6%	1.6%
High school graduate	23.6%	17.8%
Some college or associate's	28.9%	30.0%
Bachelor's degree	21.7%	28.8%
Graduate or professional degree	12.3%	21.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	High Point	Oak Ridge
Drove alone	77.0%	63.0%
Carpooled	10.1%	3.5%
Public transit	0.8%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.6%	28.5%
Other means	2.0%	4.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	High Point	Oak Ridge
1-unit, detached	63.9%	98.0%
1-unit, attached	7.7%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	6.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	13.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	7.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	High Point	Oak Ridge
Poverty rate	14.7%	2.7%
Average household size	2.41	2.84
Mean commute (minutes)	21	23
Median year structure built	1987	1997