Hamilton vs Oak City

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

Hamilton 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 183 in Hamilton). Oak City has the higher median household income ($60,739 vs $40,781 in Hamilton). Oak City has the higher median home value ($87,400 vs $75,000 in Hamilton).

Population, income & housing

	Hamilton	Oak City
Population	183	472
Median age	61.7 yrs	50.0 yrs
Median household income	$40,781	$60,739
Median home value	$75,000	$87,400
Median gross rent	—	$950
Housing units	151	250
Homeownership rate	86.0%	42.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.7%	7.0%
Unemployment rate	13.7%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hamilton	Oak City
Population	275 → 183 (-33.5%)	257 → 472 (+83.7%)
Median household income	$29,063 → $40,781 (+40.3%)	$40,417 → $60,739 (+50.3%)
Median home value	$57,700 → $75,000 (+30.0%)	$83,600 → $87,400 (+4.5%)
Median gross rent	$477 → $933 (+95.6%)	$615 → $950 (+54.5%)

Hamilton

Population

275183

Median household income

$29,063$40,781

Median home value

$57,700$75,000

Median gross rent

$477$933

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)

	Hamilton	Oak City
Under 5	1.1%	6.4%
5 to 17	2.2%	12.1%
18 to 24	0.0%	2.8%
25 to 34	10.4%	11.9%
35 to 44	7.1%	8.9%
45 to 54	2.7%	11.2%
55 to 64	30.6%	16.1%
65 to 74	23.5%	21.6%
75 and over	22.4%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hamilton	Oak City
White (non-Hispanic)	27.3%	26.7%
Black or African American	70.5%	71.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	2.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hamilton	Oak City
No high school diploma	15.3%	14.2%
High school graduate	40.1%	48.9%
Some college or associate's	29.9%	29.8%
Bachelor's degree	14.1%	4.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.6%	2.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hamilton	Oak City
Drove alone	93.8%	87.0%
Carpooled	6.3%	2.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	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)

	Hamilton	Oak City
1-unit, detached	84.8%	88.4%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	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	14.6%	10.4%

Poverty & households

	Hamilton	Oak City
Poverty rate	13.7%	3.6%
Average household size	1.97	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	33	37
Median year structure built	1961	1953