Oakboro vs Stanfield

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

Oakboro and Stanfield 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 1,554 in Stanfield). Stanfield has the higher median household income ($81,375 vs $76,071 in Oakboro). Stanfield has the higher median home value ($302,400 vs $235,800 in Oakboro).

Population, income & housing

	Oakboro	Stanfield
Population	2,453	1,554
Median age	38.2 yrs	37.1 yrs
Median household income	$76,071	$81,375
Median home value	$235,800	$302,400
Median gross rent	$1,028	$798
Housing units	964	614
Homeownership rate	79.9%	79.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.8%	15.8%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	9.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oakboro	Stanfield
Population	2,004 → 2,453 (+22.4%)	1,264 → 1,554 (+22.9%)
Median household income	$60,833 → $76,071 (+25.0%)	$77,188 → $81,375 (+5.4%)
Median home value	$161,300 → $235,800 (+46.2%)	$202,700 → $302,400 (+49.2%)
Median gross rent	$846 → $1,028 (+21.5%)	$838 → $798 (-4.8%)

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

Stanfield

Population

1,2641,554

Median household income

$77,188$81,375

Median home value

$202,700$302,400

Median gross rent

$838$798

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Oakboro	Stanfield
Under 5	9.0%	9.8%
5 to 17	12.4%	16.5%
18 to 24	10.8%	4.2%
25 to 34	14.1%	17.7%
35 to 44	15.7%	7.9%
45 to 54	10.4%	14.2%
55 to 64	12.6%	15.6%
65 to 74	11.2%	6.6%
75 and over	4.0%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oakboro	Stanfield
White (non-Hispanic)	72.1%	83.0%
Black or African American	12.4%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.8%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	5.5%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	9.9%	11.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oakboro	Stanfield
No high school diploma	10.3%	14.0%
High school graduate	30.4%	28.5%
Some college or associate's	37.5%	41.6%
Bachelor's degree	18.2%	12.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	3.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oakboro	Stanfield
Drove alone	82.9%	81.2%
Carpooled	8.3%	11.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.8%	6.1%
Other means	0.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oakboro	Stanfield
1-unit, detached	94.1%	87.1%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.9%	0.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.6%	9.9%

Poverty & households

	Oakboro	Stanfield
Poverty rate	5.6%	11.0%
Average household size	2.60	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	34	34
Median year structure built	1986	1992