Oak City vs Robersonville

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

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

Robersonville has the higher population (1,319 vs 472 in Oak City). Oak City has the higher median household income ($60,739 vs $43,359 in Robersonville). Oak City has the higher median home value ($87,400 vs $85,900 in Robersonville).

Population, income & housing

	Oak City	Robersonville
Population	472	1,319
Median age	50.0 yrs	55.1 yrs
Median household income	$60,739	$43,359
Median home value	$87,400	$85,900
Median gross rent	$950	$814
Housing units	250	819
Homeownership rate	42.9%	58.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.0%	15.0%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oak City	Robersonville
Population	257 → 472 (+83.7%)	1,606 → 1,319 (-17.9%)
Median household income	$40,417 → $60,739 (+50.3%)	$33,400 → $43,359 (+29.8%)
Median home value	$83,600 → $87,400 (+4.5%)	$88,700 → $85,900 (-3.2%)
Median gross rent	$615 → $950 (+54.5%)	$613 → $814 (+32.8%)

Oak City

Population

257472

Median household income

$40,417$60,739

Median home value

$83,600$87,400

Median gross rent

$615$950

Robersonville

Population

1,6061,319

Median household income

$33,400$43,359

Median home value

$88,700$85,900

Median gross rent

$613$814

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Oak City	Robersonville
Under 5	6.4%	3.9%
5 to 17	12.1%	14.4%
18 to 24	2.8%	2.0%
25 to 34	11.9%	13.2%
35 to 44	8.9%	9.0%
45 to 54	11.2%	7.2%
55 to 64	16.1%	21.9%
65 to 74	21.6%	18.2%
75 and over	9.1%	10.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oak City	Robersonville
White (non-Hispanic)	26.7%	34.4%
Black or African American	71.2%	62.3%
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%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oak City	Robersonville
No high school diploma	14.2%	17.9%
High school graduate	48.9%	28.4%
Some college or associate's	29.8%	38.7%
Bachelor's degree	4.3%	11.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.7%	4.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oak City	Robersonville
Drove alone	87.0%	82.9%
Carpooled	2.1%	10.4%
Public transit	0.0%	1.2%
Walked	0.0%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.6%	5.0%
Other means	1.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oak City	Robersonville
1-unit, detached	88.4%	85.0%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	0.8%	12.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.4%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Oak City	Robersonville
Poverty rate	3.6%	19.1%
Average household size	2.47	2.07
Mean commute (minutes)	37	26
Median year structure built	1953	1965