Four Oaks is a very small town located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 2,457 people and five associated neighborhoods, Four Oaks is the 299th largest community in North Carolina.Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Four Oaks is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Four Oaks is a town of service providers, sales and office workers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Four Oaks who work in food service (16.04%), sales jobs (12.16%), and management occupations (9.01%). In Four Oaks, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 36.43 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly 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.The citizens of Four Oaks are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 22.16% of adults in Four Oaks having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Four Oaks in 2022 was $31,807, which is upper middle income relative to North Carolina, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $127,228 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 20.01% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Four Oaks include English, German, European, Polish, and Irish. The most common language spoken in Four Oaks is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Chinese.
