Oak City vs Williamston

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

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

Williamston has the higher population (5,157 vs 472 in Oak City). Oak City has the higher median household income ($60,739 vs $40,556 in Williamston). Williamston has the higher median home value ($108,900 vs $87,400 in Oak City).

Population, income & housing

	Oak City	Williamston
Population	472	5,157
Median age	50.0 yrs	43.9 yrs
Median household income	$60,739	$40,556
Median home value	$87,400	$108,900
Median gross rent	$950	$621
Housing units	250	2,839
Homeownership rate	42.9%	51.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.0%	13.5%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	12.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oak City	Williamston
Population	257 → 472 (+83.7%)	5,312 → 5,157 (-2.9%)
Median household income	$40,417 → $60,739 (+50.3%)	$36,707 → $40,556 (+10.5%)
Median home value	$83,600 → $87,400 (+4.5%)	$96,000 → $108,900 (+13.4%)
Median gross rent	$615 → $950 (+54.5%)	$653 → $621 (-4.9%)

Oak City

Population

257472

Median household income

$40,417$60,739

Median home value

$83,600$87,400

Median gross rent

$615$950

Williamston

Population

5,3125,157

Median household income

$36,707$40,556

Median home value

$96,000$108,900

Median gross rent

$653$621

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Oak City	Williamston
Under 5	6.4%	3.8%
5 to 17	12.1%	14.5%
18 to 24	2.8%	9.4%
25 to 34	11.9%	7.7%
35 to 44	8.9%	16.1%
45 to 54	11.2%	8.6%
55 to 64	16.1%	17.0%
65 to 74	21.6%	14.9%
75 and over	9.1%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oak City	Williamston
White (non-Hispanic)	26.7%	39.6%
Black or African American	71.2%	48.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.4%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	6.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oak City	Williamston
No high school diploma	14.2%	22.1%
High school graduate	48.9%	30.2%
Some college or associate's	29.8%	34.3%
Bachelor's degree	4.3%	8.8%
Graduate or professional degree	2.7%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oak City	Williamston
Drove alone	87.0%	67.2%
Carpooled	2.1%	13.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	10.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.6%	8.7%
Other means	1.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oak City	Williamston
1-unit, detached	88.4%	71.3%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.8%	18.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.4%
Mobile home & other	10.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Oak City	Williamston
Poverty rate	3.6%	30.6%
Average household size	2.47	2.08
Mean commute (minutes)	37	19
Median year structure built	1953	1962