Oak City - Hamilton is a very small town located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 2,191 people and just one neighborhood, Oak City - Hamilton is the 293rd largest community in North Carolina.
Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Oak City - Hamilton is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 37.77% of the Oak City - Hamilton workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Oak City - Hamilton is a town of service providers, managers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Oak City - Hamilton who work in management occupations (18.19%), personal care services (8.78%), and healthcare suport services (7.78%).
One downside of living in Oak City - Hamilton, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 31.39 minutes every day commuting to work.
Oak City - Hamilton is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
The citizens of Oak City - Hamilton have a very low rate of college education: just 8.03% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, compared to a national average of 21.84% for all cities.
The per capita income in Oak City - Hamilton in 2022 was $30,106, which is middle income relative to North Carolina, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $120,424 for a family of four. However, Oak City - Hamilton contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Oak City - Hamilton is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Oak City - Hamilton home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Oak City - Hamilton residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Oak City - Hamilton include English, German, Irish, African, and French.
The most common language spoken in Oak City - Hamilton is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and African languages.
When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.
Our research reveals that 91.1% of commuters who live in the neighborhood get to work each day by driving alone in their automobiles, which is a higher proportion than 98.1% of U.S. neighborhoods.
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 17 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 95.5% of America.
If you're planning where to retire, the neighborhood in Oak City - Hamilton is a great option to consider. According to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive retirement dream area analysis, it's peaceful and quiet, has above average safety ratings compared to other neighborhoods in NC, offers a wide range of housing options, and has already attracted an enviable mix of college educated seniors. This neighborhood ranks as better for retirement living than 85.5% of the neighborhoods in North Carolina. If you are considering retiring to North Carolina, this is a good neighborhood to look at.
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 Oak City - Hamilton are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 84.3% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 34.1% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 85.3% 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, 36.1% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is executive, management, and professional occupations, with 30.0% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (20.3%), and 11.9% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.4% of households.
Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.
In the neighborhood in Oak City - Hamilton, NC, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (9.9%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (1.9%), and residents who report Sub-Saharan African roots (1.9%), and some of the residents are also of African ancestry (1.9%), along with some Irish ancestry residents (1.3%), 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 30 and 45 minutes commuting one-way to work (54.1% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.
Here most residents (91.1%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.