Four Oaks vs Micro

A side-by-side comparison of Four Oaks and Micro: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Four Oaks has the higher population (2,372 vs 788 in Micro). Four Oaks has the higher median household income ($69,974 vs $51,094 in Micro). Four Oaks has the higher median home value ($222,100 vs $212,500 in Micro).

Population, income & housing

	Four Oaks	Micro
Population	2,372	788
Median age	40.6 yrs	31.5 yrs
Median household income	$69,974	$51,094
Median home value	$222,100	$212,500
Median gross rent	$1,096	$748
Housing units	1,128	315
Homeownership rate	50.5%	53.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.8%	18.4%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	15.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Four Oaks	Micro
Population	2,144 → 2,372 (+10.6%)	672 → 788 (+17.3%)
Median household income	$45,714 → $69,974 (+53.1%)	$31,875 → $51,094 (+60.3%)
Median home value	$151,900 → $222,100 (+46.2%)	$85,400 → $212,500 (+148.8%)
Median gross rent	$822 → $1,096 (+33.3%)	$769 → $748 (-2.7%)

Four Oaks

Population

2,1442,372

Median household income

$45,714$69,974

Median home value

$151,900$222,100

Median gross rent

$822$1,096

Micro

Population

672788

Median household income

$31,875$51,094

Median home value

$85,400$212,500

Median gross rent

$769$748

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Four Oaks	Micro
Under 5	6.2%	11.9%
5 to 17	11.6%	18.0%
18 to 24	7.6%	6.0%
25 to 34	14.2%	17.6%
35 to 44	19.4%	17.0%
45 to 54	12.9%	7.6%
55 to 64	11.9%	6.5%
65 to 74	9.8%	10.0%
75 and over	6.5%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Four Oaks	Micro
White (non-Hispanic)	47.2%	41.5%
Black or African American	20.3%	17.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	2.0%
Asian	2.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	28.2%	35.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Four Oaks	Micro
No high school diploma	9.9%	12.3%
High school graduate	33.0%	45.1%
Some college or associate's	38.2%	24.2%
Bachelor's degree	10.3%	17.0%
Graduate or professional degree	8.5%	1.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Four Oaks	Micro
Drove alone	79.5%	61.7%
Carpooled	14.6%	16.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.1%	22.3%
Other means	1.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Four Oaks	Micro
1-unit, detached	72.7%	48.3%
1-unit, attached	5.9%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	7.5%	28.6%
5 to 19 units	2.7%	3.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	11.2%	16.5%

Poverty & households

	Four Oaks	Micro
Poverty rate	12.5%	21.9%
Average household size	2.45	2.76
Mean commute (minutes)	40	29
Median year structure built	1986	1984