Locust vs Oakboro

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

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

Locust has the higher population (5,529 vs 2,453 in Oakboro). Locust has the higher median household income ($78,280 vs $76,071 in Oakboro). Locust has the higher median home value ($285,800 vs $235,800 in Oakboro).

Population, income & housing

	Locust	Oakboro
Population	5,529	2,453
Median age	35.4 yrs	38.2 yrs
Median household income	$78,280	$76,071
Median home value	$285,800	$235,800
Median gross rent	$887	$1,028
Housing units	2,099	964
Homeownership rate	88.1%	79.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.9%	21.8%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Locust	Oakboro
Population	3,297 → 5,529 (+67.7%)	2,004 → 2,453 (+22.4%)
Median household income	$54,710 → $78,280 (+43.1%)	$60,833 → $76,071 (+25.0%)
Median home value	$171,600 → $285,800 (+66.6%)	$161,300 → $235,800 (+46.2%)
Median gross rent	$885 → $887 (+0.2%)	$846 → $1,028 (+21.5%)

Locust

Population

3,2975,529

Median household income

$54,710$78,280

Median home value

$171,600$285,800

Median gross rent

$885$887

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)

	Locust	Oakboro
Under 5	9.1%	9.0%
5 to 17	17.5%	12.4%
18 to 24	11.0%	10.8%
25 to 34	11.9%	14.1%
35 to 44	7.1%	15.7%
45 to 54	8.7%	10.4%
55 to 64	17.1%	12.6%
65 to 74	9.5%	11.2%
75 and over	8.1%	4.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Locust	Oakboro
White (non-Hispanic)	92.8%	72.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	12.4%
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	1.8%	5.5%
Hispanic or Latino	5.4%	9.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Locust	Oakboro
No high school diploma	13.6%	10.3%
High school graduate	33.1%	30.4%
Some college or associate's	34.4%	37.5%
Bachelor's degree	12.7%	18.2%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	3.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Locust	Oakboro
Drove alone	78.1%	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	11.3%	8.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Locust	Oakboro
1-unit, detached	84.6%	94.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.9%
5 to 19 units	4.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.2%	2.6%

Poverty & households

	Locust	Oakboro
Poverty rate	8.2%	5.6%
Average household size	2.93	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	33	34
Median year structure built	2001	1986