Oak Ridge vs Scurry

A side-by-side comparison of Oak Ridge and Scurry: population, income, housing, and more.

Oak Ridge and Scurry are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Oak Ridge has the higher population (811 vs 720 in Scurry). Scurry has the higher median household income ($108,125 vs $92,750 in Oak Ridge). Oak Ridge has the higher median home value ($318,400 vs $309,500 in Scurry).

Population, income & housing

	Oak Ridge	Scurry
Population	811	720
Median age	36.0 yrs	29.1 yrs
Median household income	$92,750	$108,125
Median home value	$318,400	$309,500
Median gross rent	$1,054	$1,227
Housing units	259	255
Homeownership rate	88.0%	75.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.1%	27.1%
Unemployment rate	10.1%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oak Ridge	Scurry
Population	698 → 811 (+16.2%)	464 → 720 (+55.2%)
Median household income	$86,250 → $92,750 (+7.5%)	$58,438 → $108,125 (+85.0%)
Median home value	$189,300 → $318,400 (+68.2%)	$180,400 → $309,500 (+71.6%)
Median gross rent	$794 → $1,054 (+32.7%)	$788 → $1,227 (+55.7%)

Oak Ridge

Population

698811

Median household income

$86,250$92,750

Median home value

$189,300$318,400

Median gross rent

$794$1,054

Scurry

Population

464720

Median household income

$58,438$108,125

Median home value

$180,400$309,500

Median gross rent

$788$1,227

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Oak Ridge	Scurry
Under 5	7.9%	10.1%
5 to 17	17.1%	23.5%
18 to 24	5.2%	7.5%
25 to 34	15.8%	21.1%
35 to 44	16.3%	10.7%
45 to 54	11.0%	10.7%
55 to 64	14.7%	7.9%
65 to 74	7.6%	5.0%
75 and over	4.4%	3.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oak Ridge	Scurry
White (non-Hispanic)	49.1%	88.2%
Black or African American	9.2%	2.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	3.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	0.3%
Two or more races	1.4%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	36.3%	5.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oak Ridge	Scurry
No high school diploma	12.2%	3.1%
High school graduate	38.9%	36.3%
Some college or associate's	31.8%	33.5%
Bachelor's degree	12.5%	19.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	8.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oak Ridge	Scurry
Drove alone	70.7%	83.2%
Carpooled	15.1%	2.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.2%	11.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oak Ridge	Scurry
1-unit, detached	93.1%	82.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.9%	14.5%

Poverty & households

	Oak Ridge	Scurry
Poverty rate	2.5%	8.5%
Average household size	3.24	2.99
Mean commute (minutes)	42	44
Median year structure built	2000	1998