Four Oaks vs Princeton

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

Four Oaks and Princeton 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 1,543 in Princeton). Four Oaks has the higher median household income ($69,974 vs $36,656 in Princeton). Four Oaks has the higher median home value ($222,100 vs $165,800 in Princeton).

Population, income & housing

	Four Oaks	Princeton
Population	2,372	1,543
Median age	40.6 yrs	34.8 yrs
Median household income	$69,974	$36,656
Median home value	$222,100	$165,800
Median gross rent	$1,096	$686
Housing units	1,128	728
Homeownership rate	50.5%	48.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.8%	10.4%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Four Oaks	Princeton
Population	2,144 → 2,372 (+10.6%)	1,067 → 1,543 (+44.6%)
Median household income	$45,714 → $69,974 (+53.1%)	$24,917 → $36,656 (+47.1%)
Median home value	$151,900 → $222,100 (+46.2%)	$95,700 → $165,800 (+73.2%)
Median gross rent	$822 → $1,096 (+33.3%)	$734 → $686 (-6.5%)

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

Princeton

Population

1,0671,543

Median household income

$24,917$36,656

Median home value

$95,700$165,800

Median gross rent

$734$686

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Four Oaks	Princeton
Under 5	6.2%	9.3%
5 to 17	11.6%	20.9%
18 to 24	7.6%	5.8%
25 to 34	14.2%	14.1%
35 to 44	19.4%	15.7%
45 to 54	12.9%	8.8%
55 to 64	11.9%	8.6%
65 to 74	9.8%	7.6%
75 and over	6.5%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Four Oaks	Princeton
White (non-Hispanic)	47.2%	47.8%
Black or African American	20.3%	18.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.5%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	28.2%	29.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Four Oaks	Princeton
No high school diploma	9.9%	19.9%
High school graduate	33.0%	25.7%
Some college or associate's	38.2%	44.0%
Bachelor's degree	10.3%	4.9%
Graduate or professional degree	8.5%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Four Oaks	Princeton
Drove alone	79.5%	94.5%
Carpooled	14.6%	0.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.1%	4.8%
Other means	1.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Four Oaks	Princeton
1-unit, detached	72.7%	60.0%
1-unit, attached	5.9%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	7.5%	22.7%
5 to 19 units	2.7%	1.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.2%	14.7%

Poverty & households

	Four Oaks	Princeton
Poverty rate	12.5%	10.6%
Average household size	2.45	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	40	28
Median year structure built	1986	1977