About White Oak

White Oak is a very small town located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 2,191 people and just one neighborhood, White Oak is the 292nd largest community in North Carolina.

Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, White Oak is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 50.0% of the White Oak workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 24.7%. Overall, White Oak is a town of sales and office workers, production and manufacturing workers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in White Oak who work in office and administrative support jobs (14.95%), sales jobs (5.60%), and teaching (4.73%).

Another important characteristic of White Oak is that a lot of people work in agricultural jobs, especially compared to most other communities in America, and there are quite a number of farms in town.

White Oak is a very car-oriented town. 99.31% of residents commute to work in a private automobile rather than by other means, such as public transit, bicycling, or walking. This is because White Oak is a small town, and most people who live here have to drive out of town for work, and the town population is not large nor dense enough to support an extensive public transportation system. White Oak has a lot of rural roads, and houses can be far apart. Many residents drive out of town for regular shopping trips as well.

Being a small town, White Oak does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

White Oak Information and Demographics

The percentage of adults in White Oak with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 14.96% for all communities. 13.04% of adults in White Oak have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in White Oak in 2000 was $12,850, which is low income relative to North Carolina and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $51,400 for a family of four.

White Oak is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call White Oak home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in White Oak is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in White Oak include English, Scotch-Irish, German, Scottish, and Irish.

The most common language spoken in White Oak is English. Some people also speak Spanish.