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Population (year 2000): 1,198. Estimated
population in July 2005: 1,180 (-1.5% change)
Males: 571 (47.7%), Females: 627 (52.3%)
Stanly County
Zip code:
28129
Median resident age: 37.7 years
Median household income: $41,369 (year 2000)
Median house value: $85,000 (year 2000)
Races in Oakboro:
- White Non-Hispanic (74.9%)
- Black (19.7%)
- Hispanic (3.4%)
- Other race (2.3%)
- American Indian (1.5%)
- Two or more races (1.3%)
Ancestries: United States (21.9%), German
(10.9%), English (7.7%), Irish (5.9%), Scotch-Irish (4.2%),
Dutch (1.5%).
Elevation: 540 feet
Land area: 2.0 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Oakboro
- High school or higher: 74.7%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 12.8%
- Graduate or professional degree: 5.0%
- Unemployed: 4.4%
- Mean travel time to work: 30.2 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Oakboro town
- Never married: 19.3%
- Now married: 63.3%
- Separated: 3.7%
- Widowed: 6.9%
- Divorced: 6.7%
0.9% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: -123 (-9.3%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Oakboro:
- STANLY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL INC (about 13 miles;
ALBEMARLE, NC)
- NORTHEAST MEDICAL CENTER (about 20 miles; CONCORD,
NC)
- UNION REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER (about 21 miles;
MONROE, NC)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Oakboro:
- CHARLOTTE/DOUGLAS INTL (about 42 miles; CHARLOTTE,
NC; ID: CLT)
- SMITH REYNOLDS (about 63 miles; WINSTON SALEM, NC;
ID: INT)
- PIEDMONT TRIAD INTERNATIONAL (about 65 miles;
GREENSBORO, NC; ID: GSO)
Other public-use airports nearest to Oakboro:
- BEAR CREEK (about 12 miles; MOUNT PLEASANT, NC; ID:
N44)
- U S (about 18 miles; WINGATE, NC; ID: N46)
- STANLY COUNTY (about 19 miles; ALBEMARLE, NC; ID:
VUJ)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Oakboro:
- UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE (about 29
miles; CHARLOTTE, NC; Full-time enrollment: 13,706)
- CENTRAL PIEDMONT COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 33 miles;
CHARLOTTE, NC; FT enrollment: 7,967)
- ROWAN-CABARRUS COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 33 miles;
SALISBURY, NC; FT enrollment: 2,499)
- YORK TECHNICAL COLLEGE (about 52 miles; ROCK HILL,
SC; FT enrollment: 2,221)
- HIGH POINT UNIVERSITY (about 55 miles; HIGH POINT,
NC; FT enrollment: 2,564)
- WINSTON-SALEM STATE UNIVERSITY (about 56 miles;
WINSTON-SALEM, NC; FT enrollment: 2,508)
- FORSYTH TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 58 miles;
WINSTON SALEM, NC; FT enrollment: 3,271)
Public high school in Oakboro:
- WEST STANLY HIGH (Students: 1,029; Location:
16686 NC 24 27 HWY; Grades: 09 - 12)
Public primary/middle school in Oakboro:
- OAKBORO ELEMENTARY (Students: 373; Location:
1244 N MAIN ST; Grades: KG - 08)
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