Nashville vs Red Oak

A side-by-side comparison of Nashville and Red Oak: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Nashville has the higher population (5,672 vs 3,372 in Red Oak). Red Oak has the higher median household income ($81,464 vs $63,553 in Nashville). Red Oak has the higher median home value ($236,200 vs $191,700 in Nashville).

Population, income & housing

	Nashville	Red Oak
Population	5,672	3,372
Median age	40.2 yrs	51.2 yrs
Median household income	$63,553	$81,464
Median home value	$191,700	$236,200
Median gross rent	$1,009	$818
Housing units	2,635	1,538
Homeownership rate	56.6%	83.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.7%	30.1%
Unemployment rate	12.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Nashville	Red Oak
Population	5,516 → 5,672 (+2.8%)	3,445 → 3,372 (-2.1%)
Median household income	$56,288 → $63,553 (+12.9%)	$71,780 → $81,464 (+13.5%)
Median home value	$136,900 → $191,700 (+40.0%)	$197,900 → $236,200 (+19.4%)
Median gross rent	$865 → $1,009 (+16.6%)	—

Nashville

Population

5,5165,672

Median household income

$56,288$63,553

Median home value

$136,900$191,700

Median gross rent

$865$1,009

Red Oak

Population

3,4453,372

Median household income

$71,780$81,464

Median home value

$197,900$236,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Nashville	Red Oak
Under 5	8.7%	4.8%
5 to 17	13.5%	12.6%
18 to 24	6.3%	2.9%
25 to 34	16.1%	11.3%
35 to 44	10.6%	7.1%
45 to 54	11.6%	19.9%
55 to 64	13.3%	9.8%
65 to 74	12.6%	21.9%
75 and over	7.3%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Nashville	Red Oak
White (non-Hispanic)	34.0%	85.4%
Black or African American	62.1%	8.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.4%
Asian	0.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.3%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Nashville	Red Oak
No high school diploma	7.3%	4.3%
High school graduate	26.1%	30.7%
Some college or associate's	41.9%	35.0%
Bachelor's degree	15.9%	18.9%
Graduate or professional degree	8.8%	11.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Nashville	Red Oak
Drove alone	76.1%	84.0%
Carpooled	3.9%	6.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.9%	5.5%
Other means	1.0%	3.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Nashville	Red Oak
1-unit, detached	69.6%	93.6%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	16.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	10.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.9%	4.7%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Nashville	Red Oak
Poverty rate	20.8%	2.8%
Average household size	2.32	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	21	26
Median year structure built	1992	1987