Red Oak vs Sharpsburg

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

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

Red Oak has the higher population (3,372 vs 1,629 in Sharpsburg). Red Oak has the higher median household income ($81,464 vs $39,792 in Sharpsburg). Red Oak has the higher median home value ($236,200 vs $116,700 in Sharpsburg).

Population, income & housing

	Red Oak	Sharpsburg
Population	3,372	1,629
Median age	51.2 yrs	34.1 yrs
Median household income	$81,464	$39,792
Median home value	$236,200	$116,700
Median gross rent	$818	$1,002
Housing units	1,538	803
Homeownership rate	83.6%	51.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.1%	13.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Red Oak	Sharpsburg
Population	3,445 → 3,372 (-2.1%)	2,133 → 1,629 (-23.6%)
Median household income	$71,780 → $81,464 (+13.5%)	$26,977 → $39,792 (+47.5%)
Median home value	$197,900 → $236,200 (+19.4%)	$83,000 → $116,700 (+40.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$764 → $1,002 (+31.2%)

Red Oak

Population

3,4453,372

Median household income

$71,780$81,464

Median home value

$197,900$236,200

Sharpsburg

Population

2,1331,629

Median household income

$26,977$39,792

Median home value

$83,000$116,700

Median gross rent

$764$1,002

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Red Oak	Sharpsburg
Under 5	4.8%	13.4%
5 to 17	12.6%	18.8%
18 to 24	2.9%	7.4%
25 to 34	11.3%	11.0%
35 to 44	7.1%	11.0%
45 to 54	19.9%	11.9%
55 to 64	9.8%	13.6%
65 to 74	21.9%	8.5%
75 and over	9.7%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Red Oak	Sharpsburg
White (non-Hispanic)	85.4%	35.4%
Black or African American	8.0%	63.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	5.1%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Red Oak	Sharpsburg
No high school diploma	4.3%	21.8%
High school graduate	30.7%	34.5%
Some college or associate's	35.0%	30.7%
Bachelor's degree	18.9%	9.0%
Graduate or professional degree	11.2%	4.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Red Oak	Sharpsburg
Drove alone	84.0%	81.3%
Carpooled	6.7%	7.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.5%	11.3%
Other means	3.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Red Oak	Sharpsburg
1-unit, detached	93.6%	56.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	24.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.6%
20 or more units	4.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.7%	17.8%

Poverty & households

	Red Oak	Sharpsburg
Poverty rate	2.8%	19.8%
Average household size	2.27	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	26	29
Median year structure built	1987	1988