Oak Island, NC

Census Place

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2024 Population
9,030
US Senator
Thom Tillis
Republican Party
US Senator
Ted Budd
Republican Party
2024 Median Age
62.3
1.3% 1-year increase
2024 Poverty Rate
8.66%
11.2% 1-year decrease
2024 Median Household Income
$85,872
2.86% 1-year growth
2024 Median Property Value
$456,500
12.1% 1-year growth
2024 Employed Population
3,604
4.35% 1-year decline

About

None of the households in Oak Island, NC reported speaking a non-English language at home as their primary shared language. This does not consider the potential multi-lingual nature of households, but only the primary self-reported language spoken by all members of the household.

99.8% of the residents in Oak Island, NC are U.S. citizens.

In 2024, the median property value in Oak Island, NC was $456,500, and the homeownership rate was 89.7%.

Most people in Oak Island, NC drove alone to work, and the average commute time was 23.4 minutes. The average car ownership in Oak Island, NC was 2 cars per household.

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Population & Diversity

Oak Island, NC is home to a population of 9.03k people, from which 99.8% are citizens. As of 2024, 1.78% of Oak Island, NC residents were born outside of the country (161 people).

In 2024, there were 54.8 times more White (Non-Hispanic) residents (8.5k people) in Oak Island, NC than any other race or ethnicity. There were 155 Two Races Including Other (Non-Hispanic) and 79 Two Races Excluding Other, & Three or More Races (Non-Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

Population & Diversity

Citizenship

99.8%
2024 Citizenship
99.7%
2023 Citizenship

As of 2024, 99.8% of Oak Island, NC residents were US citizens, which is higher than the national average of 93.2%. In 2023, the percentage of US citizens in Oak Island, NC was 99.7%, meaning that the rate of citizenship has been increasing.

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Diversity

Race and Ethnicity

The 3 largest ethnic groups in Oak Island, NC
  1. White (Non-Hispanic)
    8.5k ± 168
  2. Two Races Including Other (Non-Hispanic)
    155 ± 124
  3. Two Races Excluding Other, & Three or More Races (Non-Hispanic)
    79 ± 60
1.07%
Hispanic Population
97 people

In 2024, there were 54.8 times more White (Non-Hispanic) residents (8.5k people) in Oak Island, NC than any other race or ethnicity. There were 155 Two Races Including Other (Non-Hispanic) and 79 Two Races Excluding Other, & Three or More Races (Non-Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

1.07% of the people in Oak Island, NC are hispanic (97 people).

The following chart shows the 8 races represented in Oak Island, NC as a share of the total population.

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Global Diversity

The PUMS dataset is not available at the Place level, so we are showing data for North Carolina.
Most Common Origin
  1. Mexico
    224,963 ± 11,520 people
  2. India
    83,219 ± 7,055 people
  3. Honduras
    48,247 ± 5,380 people

In 2023, the most common birthplace for the foreign-born residents of North Carolina was Mexico, the natal country of 224,963 North Carolina residents, followed by India with 83,219 and Honduras with 48,247.

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Foreign-Born Population

1.78%
2024 Foreign-Born Population
161 people
1.9%
2023 Foreign-Born Population
169 people

As of 2024, 1.78% of Oak Island, NC residents (161 people) were born outside of the United States, which is approximately the same as the national average of 14%. In 2023, the percentage of foreign-born citizens in Oak Island, NC was 1.9%, meaning that the rate has been decreasing.

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Military

Veterans

Most Common Service Period
  1. Gulf War (2001-)
    295 ± 131
  2. Vietnam
    291 ± 85
  3. Gulf War (1990s)
    214 ± 88

Oak Island, NC has a large population of military personnel who served in Gulf War (2001-), 1.01 times greater than any other conflict.

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Economy

The economy of Oak Island, NC employs 3.6k people. In 2024, the largest industries in Oak Island, NC were Public Administration (419 people), Professional, Scientific, & Technical Services (367 people), and Retail Trade (350 people), and the highest paying industries were Information ($212,500), Utilities ($136,520), and Finance & Insurance ($107,857).

Employment

Occupations

3.6k
2024 Value
± 418
−4.35%
1 Year decline
± 16.8%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Oak Island, NC declined at a rate of −4.35%, from 3.77k employees to 3.6k employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in Oak Island, NC, are Management Occupations (749 people), Sales & Related Occupations (623 people), and Office & Administrative Support Occupations (353 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Oak Island, NC.

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Unemployment Insurance Claims

Data is only available at the state level. Showing data for North Carolina.

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The most recent data point uses Advance State Claims data, which can be revised in subsequent weeks.

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Industries

Employment by Industries

3.6k
2024 Value
± 418
−4.35%
1 Year decline
± 16.8%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Oak Island, NC declined at a rate of −4.35%, from 3.77k employees to 3.6k employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Oak Island, NC, are Public Administration (419 people), Professional, Scientific, & Technical Services (367 people), and Retail Trade (350 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Oak Island, NC, though some of these residents may live in Oak Island, NC and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

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Median Earnings by Industry

$61,596
Median earning men ± $10,990
$65,625
Median earning women ± $7,775

The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2024 are Information ($212,500), Wholesale Trade ($107,500), and Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($101,795).

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2024 are Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($105,313), Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance ($80,956), and Professional, Scientific, & Management, & Administrative & Waste Management Services ($77,500).

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Employment by Industry Sector

Data is only available at the state level. Showing data for North Carolina.
Y-Axis
3.04%
Year-over-year growth
Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 4.86M people employed in North Carolina. This represents a 3.04% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

Right after the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, during April 2020, a general dip can be seen across industry sectors, resulting in an overall decline in employment by 10.9%.

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Housing & Living

The median property value in Oak Island, NC was $456,500 in 2024, which is 1.37 times larger than the national average of $332,700. Between 2023 and 2024 the median property value increased from $407,400 to $456,500, a 12.1% increase. The homeownership rate in Oak Island, NC is 89.7%, which is higher than the national average of 65.2%.

People in Oak Island, NC have an average commute time of 23.4 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Oak Island, NC is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.

Housing

Property

$456,500
Median Property Value 2024
±$23,101
$4,126
Median Property Taxes
±$401

The following chart display owner-occupied housing units distributed between a series of property tax buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. In Oak Island, NC the largest share of households pay taxes in the $3k+ range.

The chart underneath the paragraph shows the property taxes in Oak Island, NC compared to it's parent and neighbor geographies.

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Rent vs Own

89.7%
Homeownership
2024
66%
Homeowners with Mortgage
2024

In 2024, 89.7% of the housing units in Oak Island, NC were occupied by their owner. This percentage grew from the previous year's rate of 87.8%.

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Equity

Household Income

Please note that the buckets used in this visualization were not evenly distributed by ACS when publishing the data.
$85,872
Median Household Income
± $7,281
4.6k
Number of Households
± 428

In 2024, the median household income of the 4.6k households in Oak Island, NC grew to $85,872 from the previous year's value of $83,483.

The following chart displays the households in Oak Island, NC distributed between a series of income buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households have an income in the $200k+ range.

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Wage Distribution

The closest comparable wage GINI for Oak Island, NC is from North Carolina.
0.467
2023 Wage GINI in North Carolina
0.47
2022 Wage GINI in North Carolina

In 2023, the income inequality in North Carolina was 0.467 according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a 0.639% decline from 2022 to 2023, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat more even. The GINI for North Carolina was lower than than the national average of 0.476. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in North Carolina in comparison to the national average.

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Transportation

Commuter Transportation

Most Common Commute in 2024
  1. Drove Alone (66.9%)
  2. Worked At Home (24.9%)
  3. Carpooled (4.43%)

In 2024, 66.9% of workers in Oak Island, NC drove alone to work, followed by those who worked at home (24.9%) and those who carpooled to work (4.43%).

The following chart shows the number of households using each mode of transportation over time, using a logarithmic scale on the y-axis to help better show variations in the smaller means of commuting.

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Commute Time

23.4 minutes
Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Oak Island, NC have a shorter commute time (23.4 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.4 minutes). Additionally, 3.57% of the workforce in Oak Island, NC have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

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Car Ownership

2 cars
Average Number

The following chart displays the households in Oak Island, NC distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Oak Island, NC have 2 cars.

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Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

8.66% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Oak Island, NC (779 out of 9k people) live below the poverty line, a number that is lower than the national average of 12.5%. The largest demographic living in poverty are Males 55 - 64, followed by Females 55 - 64 and then Females 65 - 74.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Oak Island, NC is White, followed by Other and Black.

The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.

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Health

96% of the population of Oak Island, NC has health coverage, with 30.1% on employee plans, 5.64% on Medicaid, 32.6% on Medicare, 26.2% on non-group plans, and 1.59% on military or VA plans.

Primary care physicians in North Carolina see 1,413 patients per year on average, which represents a 0% change from the previous year (1,413 patients). Compare this to dentists who see 1634 patients per year, and mental health providers who see 299 patients per year.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 47.5% were men and 52.5% were women.

Coverage

Health Care Diversity

In 2024, insured persons according to age ranges were distributed in 7.61% under 18 years, 5.06% between 18 and 34 years, 45.3% between 35 and 64 years, and 42% over 64 years.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 47.5% were men and 52.5% were women.

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Uninsured People

3.95%
Uninsured
30.1%
Employer Coverage
5.64%
Medicaid
32.6%
Medicare
26.2%
Non-Group
1.59%
Military or VA

Between 2023 and 2024, the percent of uninsured citizens in Oak Island, NC declined by 11% from 4.44% to 3.95%.

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