Oakboro vs Richfield

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

Oakboro and Richfield 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 839 in Richfield). Richfield has the higher median household income ($80,536 vs $76,071 in Oakboro). Oakboro has the higher median home value ($235,800 vs $212,100 in Richfield).

Population, income & housing

	Oakboro	Richfield
Population	2,453	839
Median age	38.2 yrs	31.3 yrs
Median household income	$76,071	$80,536
Median home value	$235,800	$212,100
Median gross rent	$1,028	$1,071
Housing units	964	352
Homeownership rate	79.9%	77.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.8%	30.3%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oakboro	Richfield
Population	2,004 → 2,453 (+22.4%)	545 → 839 (+53.9%)
Median household income	$60,833 → $76,071 (+25.0%)	$55,833 → $80,536 (+44.2%)
Median home value	$161,300 → $235,800 (+46.2%)	$124,500 → $212,100 (+70.4%)
Median gross rent	$846 → $1,028 (+21.5%)	$1,083 → $1,071 (-1.1%)

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

Richfield

Population

545839

Median household income

$55,833$80,536

Median home value

$124,500$212,100

Median gross rent

$1,083$1,071

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Oakboro	Richfield
Under 5	9.0%	9.2%
5 to 17	12.4%	10.0%
18 to 24	10.8%	6.4%
25 to 34	14.1%	28.0%
35 to 44	15.7%	5.6%
45 to 54	10.4%	12.4%
55 to 64	12.6%	14.4%
65 to 74	11.2%	11.0%
75 and over	4.0%	3.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oakboro	Richfield
White (non-Hispanic)	72.1%	88.0%
Black or African American	12.4%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	6.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.5%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	9.9%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oakboro	Richfield
No high school diploma	10.3%	9.3%
High school graduate	30.4%	17.8%
Some college or associate's	37.5%	42.6%
Bachelor's degree	18.2%	19.7%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	10.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oakboro	Richfield
Drove alone	82.9%	89.5%
Carpooled	8.3%	7.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.8%	1.1%
Other means	0.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oakboro	Richfield
1-unit, detached	94.1%	88.1%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	2.9%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.6%	9.7%

Poverty & households

	Oakboro	Richfield
Poverty rate	5.6%	12.8%
Average household size	2.60	2.79
Mean commute (minutes)	34	24
Median year structure built	1986	1977