Badin vs Oakboro

A side-by-side comparison of Badin and Oakboro: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Oakboro has the higher population (2,453 vs 2,163 in Badin). Oakboro has the higher median household income ($76,071 vs $43,068 in Badin). Oakboro has the higher median home value ($235,800 vs $130,500 in Badin).

Population, income & housing

	Badin	Oakboro
Population	2,163	2,453
Median age	44.9 yrs	38.2 yrs
Median household income	$43,068	$76,071
Median home value	$130,500	$235,800
Median gross rent	$841	$1,028
Housing units	582	964
Homeownership rate	70.6%	79.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.0%	21.8%
Unemployment rate	10.5%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Badin	Oakboro
Population	2,009 → 2,163 (+7.7%)	2,004 → 2,453 (+22.4%)
Median household income	$39,000 → $43,068 (+10.4%)	$60,833 → $76,071 (+25.0%)
Median home value	$84,100 → $130,500 (+55.2%)	$161,300 → $235,800 (+46.2%)
Median gross rent	$705 → $841 (+19.3%)	$846 → $1,028 (+21.5%)

Badin

Population

2,0092,163

Median household income

$39,000$43,068

Median home value

$84,100$130,500

Median gross rent

$705$841

Oakboro

Population

2,0042,453

Median household income

$60,833$76,071

Median home value

$161,300$235,800

Median gross rent

$846$1,028

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Badin	Oakboro
Under 5	2.5%	9.0%
5 to 17	13.3%	12.4%
18 to 24	5.9%	10.8%
25 to 34	12.4%	14.1%
35 to 44	16.0%	15.7%
45 to 54	19.4%	10.4%
55 to 64	15.7%	12.6%
65 to 74	8.2%	11.2%
75 and over	6.6%	4.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Badin	Oakboro
White (non-Hispanic)	51.8%	72.1%
Black or African American	38.0%	12.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	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	2.2%	5.5%
Hispanic or Latino	7.4%	9.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Badin	Oakboro
No high school diploma	20.9%	10.3%
High school graduate	35.3%	30.4%
Some college or associate's	34.7%	37.5%
Bachelor's degree	4.4%	18.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	3.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Badin	Oakboro
Drove alone	79.1%	82.9%
Carpooled	10.6%	8.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.5%	8.8%
Other means	2.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Badin	Oakboro
1-unit, detached	69.6%	94.1%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	28.4%	2.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.6%

Poverty & households

	Badin	Oakboro
Poverty rate	23.3%	5.6%
Average household size	2.86	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	27	34
Median year structure built	1938	1986