Oak Ridge vs Stokesdale

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

Oak Ridge and Stokesdale 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 5,943 in Stokesdale). Oak Ridge has the higher median household income ($140,583 vs $135,389 in Stokesdale). Oak Ridge has the higher median home value ($523,500 vs $368,600 in Stokesdale).

Population, income & housing

	Oak Ridge	Stokesdale
Population	7,660	5,943
Median age	46.1 yrs	43.0 yrs
Median household income	$140,583	$135,389
Median home value	$523,500	$368,600
Median gross rent	—	$783
Housing units	2,757	1,969
Homeownership rate	92.8%	94.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	50.6%	41.0%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oak Ridge	Stokesdale
Population	6,901 → 7,660 (+11.0%)	5,396 → 5,943 (+10.1%)
Median household income	$127,578 → $140,583 (+10.2%)	$84,583 → $135,389 (+60.1%)
Median home value	$383,300 → $523,500 (+36.6%)	$205,400 → $368,600 (+79.5%)
Median gross rent	$2,059 → $1,277 (-38.0%)	$895 → $783 (-12.5%)

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

Stokesdale

Population

5,3965,943

Median household income

$84,583$135,389

Median home value

$205,400$368,600

Median gross rent

$895$783

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Oak Ridge	Stokesdale
Under 5	5.3%	4.5%
5 to 17	20.4%	22.5%
18 to 24	3.7%	7.6%
25 to 34	6.0%	4.6%
35 to 44	13.0%	17.1%
45 to 54	15.8%	14.5%
55 to 64	21.3%	17.7%
65 to 74	8.1%	8.3%
75 and over	6.4%	3.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oak Ridge	Stokesdale
White (non-Hispanic)	77.2%	69.2%
Black or African American	3.6%	9.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	11.4%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	6.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.0%	13.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oak Ridge	Stokesdale
No high school diploma	1.6%	2.0%
High school graduate	17.8%	24.8%
Some college or associate's	30.0%	32.2%
Bachelor's degree	28.8%	26.7%
Graduate or professional degree	21.9%	14.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oak Ridge	Stokesdale
Drove alone	63.0%	70.7%
Carpooled	3.5%	4.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	4.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	28.5%	18.2%
Other means	4.2%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oak Ridge	Stokesdale
1-unit, detached	98.0%	91.5%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	2.8%

Poverty & households

	Oak Ridge	Stokesdale
Poverty rate	2.7%	7.6%
Average household size	2.84	3.01
Mean commute (minutes)	23	27
Median year structure built	1997	2002