Oak Island vs Old River-Winfree

A side-by-side comparison of Oak Island and Old River-Winfree: population, income, housing, and more.

Oak Island and Old River-Winfree are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Old River-Winfree has the higher population (2,308 vs 281 in Oak Island). Since 2019, Old River-Winfree's population has grown faster (+17.9% vs -36.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Oak Island	Old River-Winfree
Population	281	2,308
Median age	67.3 yrs	33.7 yrs
Median household income	—	$105,667
Median home value	—	$151,800
Median gross rent	—	$1,315
Housing units	150	695
Homeownership rate	80.6%	87.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.4%	14.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	8.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oak Island	Old River-Winfree
Population	439 → 281 (-36.0%)	1,958 → 2,308 (+17.9%)
Median household income	—	$54,167 → $105,667 (+95.1%)
Median home value	$168,800 → $425,800 (+152.3%)	$110,100 → $151,800 (+37.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,087 → $1,315 (+21.0%)

Oak Island

Population

439281

Median home value

$168,800$425,800

Old River-Winfree

Population

1,9582,308

Median household income

$54,167$105,667

Median home value

$110,100$151,800

Median gross rent

$1,087$1,315

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Oak Island	Old River-Winfree
Under 5	0.0%	6.2%
5 to 17	10.7%	23.4%
18 to 24	0.0%	5.9%
25 to 34	6.8%	17.6%
35 to 44	9.3%	11.8%
45 to 54	15.3%	10.4%
55 to 64	6.8%	11.4%
65 to 74	51.2%	8.1%
75 and over	0.0%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oak Island	Old River-Winfree
White (non-Hispanic)	59.4%	57.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	4.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	36.7%	32.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oak Island	Old River-Winfree
No high school diploma	12.0%	15.8%
High school graduate	83.7%	32.2%
Some college or associate's	0.0%	37.7%
Bachelor's degree	4.4%	6.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	7.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oak Island	Old River-Winfree
Drove alone	100.0%	78.9%
Carpooled	0.0%	14.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	5.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oak Island	Old River-Winfree
1-unit, detached	87.3%	57.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.7%	43.0%

Poverty & households

	Oak Island	Old River-Winfree
Poverty rate	48.8%	21.6%
Average household size	3.02	3.53
Mean commute (minutes)	—	35
Median year structure built	2000	1991