Everetts vs Oak City

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

Everetts 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 158 in Everetts). Oak City has the higher median household income ($60,739 vs $43,750 in Everetts). Since 2019, Oak City's population has grown faster (+83.7% vs +59.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Everetts	Oak City
Population	158	472
Median age	28.0 yrs	50.0 yrs
Median household income	$43,750	$60,739
Median home value	—	$87,400
Median gross rent	$828	$950
Housing units	58	250
Homeownership rate	42.6%	42.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.6%	7.0%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Everetts	Oak City
Population	99 → 158 (+59.6%)	257 → 472 (+83.7%)
Median household income	$36,406 → $43,750 (+20.2%)	$40,417 → $60,739 (+50.3%)
Median home value	$78,000 → $90,300 (+15.8%)	$83,600 → $87,400 (+4.5%)
Median gross rent	$909 → $828 (-8.9%)	$615 → $950 (+54.5%)

Everetts

Population

99158

Median household income

$36,406$43,750

Median home value

$78,000$90,300

Median gross rent

$909$828

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)

	Everetts	Oak City
Under 5	5.7%	6.4%
5 to 17	15.2%	12.1%
18 to 24	24.7%	2.8%
25 to 34	12.7%	11.9%
35 to 44	7.6%	8.9%
45 to 54	10.8%	11.2%
55 to 64	12.0%	16.1%
65 to 74	6.3%	21.6%
75 and over	5.1%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Everetts	Oak City
White (non-Hispanic)	75.3%	26.7%
Black or African American	15.2%	71.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.6%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	8.9%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Everetts	Oak City
No high school diploma	15.1%	14.2%
High school graduate	38.4%	48.9%
Some college or associate's	27.9%	29.8%
Bachelor's degree	10.5%	4.3%
Graduate or professional degree	8.1%	2.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Everetts	Oak City
Drove alone	98.8%	87.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	2.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	9.6%
Other means	0.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Everetts	Oak City
1-unit, detached	58.6%	88.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	1.7%	0.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	39.7%	10.4%

Poverty & households

	Everetts	Oak City
Poverty rate	25.0%	3.6%
Average household size	2.93	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	22	37
Median year structure built	1958	1953