Oak City vs Parmele

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

Oak City and Parmele 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 288 in Parmele). Oak City has the higher median household income ($60,739 vs $28,971 in Parmele). Oak City has the higher median home value ($87,400 vs $81,900 in Parmele).

Population, income & housing

	Oak City	Parmele
Population	472	288
Median age	50.0 yrs	59.1 yrs
Median household income	$60,739	$28,971
Median home value	$87,400	$81,900
Median gross rent	$950	$1,042
Housing units	250	165
Homeownership rate	42.9%	81.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.0%	12.9%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	8.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oak City	Parmele
Population	257 → 472 (+83.7%)	211 → 288 (+36.5%)
Median household income	$40,417 → $60,739 (+50.3%)	$32,292 → $28,971 (-10.3%)
Median home value	$83,600 → $87,400 (+4.5%)	$69,100 → $81,900 (+18.5%)
Median gross rent	$615 → $950 (+54.5%)	$810 → $1,042 (+28.6%)

Oak City

Population

257472

Median household income

$40,417$60,739

Median home value

$83,600$87,400

Median gross rent

$615$950

Parmele

Population

211288

Median household income

$32,292$28,971

Median home value

$69,100$81,900

Median gross rent

$810$1,042

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Oak City	Parmele
Under 5	6.4%	0.0%
5 to 17	12.1%	8.0%
18 to 24	2.8%	3.5%
25 to 34	11.9%	6.9%
35 to 44	8.9%	3.1%
45 to 54	11.2%	12.2%
55 to 64	16.1%	36.8%
65 to 74	21.6%	20.1%
75 and over	9.1%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oak City	Parmele
White (non-Hispanic)	26.7%	36.8%
Black or African American	71.2%	62.5%
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	0.0%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oak City	Parmele
No high school diploma	14.2%	20.0%
High school graduate	48.9%	33.3%
Some college or associate's	29.8%	33.7%
Bachelor's degree	4.3%	6.7%
Graduate or professional degree	2.7%	6.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oak City	Parmele
Drove alone	87.0%	78.7%
Carpooled	2.1%	5.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.6%	15.6%
Other means	1.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oak City	Parmele
1-unit, detached	88.4%	67.3%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.4%	32.7%

Poverty & households

	Oak City	Parmele
Poverty rate	3.6%	34.0%
Average household size	2.47	2.12
Mean commute (minutes)	37	22
Median year structure built	1953	1976