White Oak is a tiny town located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 346 people and just one neighborhood, White Oak is the 520th largest community in North Carolina. Much of the housing stock in White Oak was built relatively recently. The construction of new real estate can often be taken as an indication that the local White Oak economy is robust, and that jobs or other amenities are attracting an influx of new residents. This seems to be the case in White Oak, where the median household income is $90,199.00.
Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, White Oak is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 37.69% of the White Oak workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, White Oak is a town of transportation and shipping workers, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in White Oak who work in business and financial occupations (17.69%), office and administrative support (13.85%), and healthcare (13.08%).
A relatively large number of people in White Oak telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 33.08% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.
The overall crime rate in White Oak is one of the lowest in the US. This makes it one of the safer places to live in the country in terms of crime.
The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, White Oak has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes White Oak a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
In White Oak, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 34.91 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.
As is often the case in a small town, White Oak doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The citizens of White Oak are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 23.97% of adults in White Oak having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in White Oak in 2022 was $24,527, which is lower middle income relative to North Carolina and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $98,108 for a family of four.
White Oak is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call White Oak home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of White Oak residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in White Oak include English, Scots-Irish, European, Yugoslavian, and Other West Indian.
The most common language spoken in White Oak is English. Other important languages spoken here include African languages and Arabic.
Many things matter about a neighborhood, but the first thing most people notice is the way a neighborhood looks and its particular character. For example, one might notice whether the buildings all date from a certain time period or whether shop signs are in multiple languages. This particular neighborhood in White Oak, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
The neighborhood stands out for having the majority of its residential real estate made up of mobile homes. In fact, 51.5% of the occupied real estate here are mobile homes, which is a greater proportion than is found in 99.2% of the neighborhoods in the U.S. If you like mobile homes, this might be a great neighborhood in which to look for real estate.
In addition, this neighborhood has wide open spaces, few people, and lots of space to stretch out. If you like locations that fit that description, you may like this neighborhood. Based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis, with only 20 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 94.8% of America.
How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in White Oak are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 85.9% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 33.2% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 84.1% of U.S. neighborhoods.
The old saying "you are what you eat" is true. But it is also true that you are what you do for a living. The types of occupations your neighbors have shape their character, and together as a group, their collective occupations shape the culture of a place.
In the neighborhood, 34.9% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 26.3% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (21.2%), and 15.3% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 92.0% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (7.7%).
Boston's Beacon Hill blue-blood streets, Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish enclaves, Los Angeles' Persian neighborhoods. Each has its own culture derived primarily from the ancestries and culture of the residents who call these neighborhoods home. Likewise, each neighborhood in America has its own culture – some more unique than others – based on lifestyle, occupations, the types of households – and importantly – on the ethnicities and ancestries of the people who live in the neighborhood. Understanding where people came from, who their grandparents or great-grandparents were, can help you understand how a neighborhood is today.
In the neighborhood in White Oak, NC, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (9.9%). There are also a number of people of French ancestry (4.3%), and residents who report English roots (4.0%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (3.2%), along with some Dutch ancestry residents (1.4%), among others.
How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (29.4% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (71.7%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (17.2%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.