One downside of living in Four Oaks, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 39.11 minutes every day commuting to work.
Being a small town, Four Oaks does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
In terms of college education, the citizens of Four Oaks rank slightly lower than the national average. 16.43% of adults 25 and older in Four Oaks have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 21.84% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community.
The per capita income in Four Oaks in 2022 was $32,437, which is middle income relative to North Carolina and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $129,748 for a family of four. However, Four Oaks contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Four Oaks is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Four Oaks home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Four Oaks residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Four Oaks also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 23.55% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Four Oaks include English, Irish, German, Italian, and European.
Four Oaks also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 15.94%.
The most common language spoken in Four Oaks is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Chinese.
