Bear Grass vs Oak City

A side-by-side comparison of Bear Grass and Oak City: population, income, housing, and more.

Bear Grass and Oak City are places in North Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Oak City has the higher population (472 vs 94 in Bear Grass). Oak City has the higher median household income ($60,739 vs $58,125 in Bear Grass). Bear Grass has the higher median home value ($98,200 vs $87,400 in Oak City).

Population, income & housing

	Bear Grass	Oak City
Population	94	472
Median age	31.3 yrs	50.0 yrs
Median household income	$58,125	$60,739
Median home value	$98,200	$87,400
Median gross rent	$675	$950
Housing units	39	250
Homeownership rate	76.9%	42.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.7%	7.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bear Grass	Oak City
Population	89 → 94 (+5.6%)	257 → 472 (+83.7%)
Median household income	$48,958 → $58,125 (+18.7%)	$40,417 → $60,739 (+50.3%)
Median home value	$98,300 → $98,200 (-0.1%)	$83,600 → $87,400 (+4.5%)
Median gross rent	$692 → $675 (-2.5%)	$615 → $950 (+54.5%)

Bear Grass

Population

8994

Median household income

$48,958$58,125

Median home value

$98,300$98,200

Median gross rent

$692$675

Oak City

Population

257472

Median household income

$40,417$60,739

Median home value

$83,600$87,400

Median gross rent

$615$950

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bear Grass	Oak City
Under 5	23.4%	6.4%
5 to 17	9.6%	12.1%
18 to 24	4.3%	2.8%
25 to 34	18.1%	11.9%
35 to 44	13.8%	8.9%
45 to 54	14.9%	11.2%
55 to 64	3.2%	16.1%
65 to 74	5.3%	21.6%
75 and over	7.4%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bear Grass	Oak City
White (non-Hispanic)	95.7%	26.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	71.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bear Grass	Oak City
No high school diploma	1.7%	14.2%
High school graduate	11.9%	48.9%
Some college or associate's	62.7%	29.8%
Bachelor's degree	18.6%	4.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	2.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bear Grass	Oak City
Drove alone	90.9%	87.0%
Carpooled	6.8%	2.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.3%	9.6%
Other means	0.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bear Grass	Oak City
1-unit, detached	100.0%	88.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	10.4%

Poverty & households

	Bear Grass	Oak City
Poverty rate	1.1%	3.6%
Average household size	2.41	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	24	37
Median year structure built	1963	1953