Four Oaks vs Wilson's Mills

A side-by-side comparison of Four Oaks and Wilson's Mills: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Wilson's Mills has the higher population (2,652 vs 2,372 in Four Oaks). Four Oaks has the higher median household income ($69,974 vs $61,677 in Wilson's Mills). Wilson's Mills has the higher median home value ($228,700 vs $222,100 in Four Oaks).

Population, income & housing

	Four Oaks	Wilson's Mills
Population	2,372	2,652
Median age	40.6 yrs	28.1 yrs
Median household income	$69,974	$61,677
Median home value	$222,100	$228,700
Median gross rent	$1,096	$874
Housing units	1,128	807
Homeownership rate	50.5%	84.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.8%	17.2%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	11.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Four Oaks	Wilson's Mills
Population	2,144 → 2,372 (+10.6%)	2,613 → 2,652 (+1.5%)
Median household income	$45,714 → $69,974 (+53.1%)	$55,114 → $61,677 (+11.9%)
Median home value	$151,900 → $222,100 (+46.2%)	$129,400 → $228,700 (+76.7%)
Median gross rent	$822 → $1,096 (+33.3%)	$1,008 → $874 (-13.3%)

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

Wilson's Mills

Population

2,6132,652

Median household income

$55,114$61,677

Median home value

$129,400$228,700

Median gross rent

$1,008$874

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Four Oaks	Wilson's Mills
Under 5	6.2%	12.6%
5 to 17	11.6%	24.8%
18 to 24	7.6%	10.1%
25 to 34	14.2%	18.3%
35 to 44	19.4%	12.6%
45 to 54	12.9%	9.7%
55 to 64	11.9%	6.9%
65 to 74	9.8%	3.6%
75 and over	6.5%	1.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Four Oaks	Wilson's Mills
White (non-Hispanic)	47.2%	40.2%
Black or African American	20.3%	17.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	2.5%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	5.6%
Hispanic or Latino	28.2%	35.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Four Oaks	Wilson's Mills
No high school diploma	9.9%	7.7%
High school graduate	33.0%	41.7%
Some college or associate's	38.2%	33.5%
Bachelor's degree	10.3%	13.5%
Graduate or professional degree	8.5%	3.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Four Oaks	Wilson's Mills
Drove alone	79.5%	84.6%
Carpooled	14.6%	8.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	4.1%	6.4%
Other means	1.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Four Oaks	Wilson's Mills
1-unit, detached	72.7%	76.3%
1-unit, attached	5.9%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	7.5%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	2.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.2%	20.8%

Poverty & households

	Four Oaks	Wilson's Mills
Poverty rate	12.5%	33.6%
Average household size	2.45	3.52
Mean commute (minutes)	40	29
Median year structure built	1986	1997