Four Oaks is a very small town located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 2,681 people and five associated neighborhoods, Four Oaks is the 299th largest community in North Carolina.Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Four Oaks is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 37.08% of the Four Oaks workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Four Oaks is a town of construction workers and builders, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Four Oaks who work in food service (13.29%), management occupations (9.84%), and office and administrative support (9.60%). One downside of living in Four Oaks is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Four Oaks, the average commute to work is 39.11 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. 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. In addition, Four Oaks has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (15.94%). The most common language spoken in Four Oaks is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Chinese.
