Is Oakboro a good place to live?
Oakboro’s weakest subject grade is a D for walkability. Oakboro’s average trip to work is 33 minutes, where North Carolina’s towns sit at 24 minutes and U.S. towns at 25 minutes. Oakboro's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) trails 97% of U.S. towns. Town of Oakboro District Park, at 47 acres with 1 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve. Oakboro has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Oakboro has grown 25% since 2010
1,859 counted in 2010 and 2,128 in 2020; an estimated 2,316 in 2025.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
How Oakboro grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within North Carolina), ordered by how far Oakboro is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Oakboro: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Oakboro, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Oakboro.
Oakboro has 0.6 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Most working residents leave Oakboro for work: only 5% work in town. 5.5% of residents live below the poverty line in Oakboro, against 13% in North Carolina’s towns and 9.6% across U.S. towns. Jobs based in Oakboro fell to 717 in 2023, 116 fewer than in 2013.
| Oakboro | North Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 5.5% | 13% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 4.6% | 6.8% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Oakboro’s schools rank behind 55% of North Carolina districts
Its public schools are run by the Stanly County Schools. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oakboro Choice STEMLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–8 | Grades K–8 | 353 | B |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NC on state tests and graduation
Oakboro has mild winters and hot summers
Oakboro has mild winters and warm summers. The July high in Oakboro is 91°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Inland flooding leads a moderate hazard risk in Oakboro
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 58% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Oakboro has set aside 3.2% of its land for conservation
1.0 miles of trail in 2 parks and preserves.
| Oakboro | North Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.4 miles per square mile | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 3.2% | 3.4% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Town of Oakboro District Park | 1 mi | 47 |
| 2. Oakboro Community Park Ii | — | 7 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
A typical Oakboro home is worth about $326K
The typical Oakboro home is worth about $326,000, up 3.7% in a year, close to the North Carolina typical home. 81% of households own their home in Oakboro.
| Oakboro | North Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 81% | 67% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,057 a month | $1,085 a month | $1,185 a month |
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
On CDC estimates, Oakboro is less healthy than 51% of U.S. towns
Oakboro tracks North Carolina closely on all 32 CDC measures. 27% of Oakboro adults have been diagnosed with depression.
| Oakboro | North Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 25% | 23% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 17% | 17% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 77% | 80% | 79% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 14% | 14% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Everything we know about Oakboro
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Oakboro
About 5 of every 100 Oakboro residents are enrolled in college, about the same as North Carolina.
95% of working residents leave Oakboro for work
Where Oakboro’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Famous people from Oakboro
3 notable people were born in Oakboro.
About Oakboro
Town in North Carolina, United States
Oakboro is a town in Stanly County, North Carolina, United States. As of the 2020 census, Oakboro had a population of 2,128.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Area
- 2.5 sq mi
- Elevation
- 518 ft
- ZIP code
- 28129
- Area code
- 704
Oakboro’s neighbors
One town shares a border with Oakboro.
Oakboro has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Oakboro reports no FBI crime data of its own. Red Cross isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Oakboro with a neighbor →
Questions about Oakboro
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Oakboro, NC expensive?
That is 5.4 years of the area's median household income ($60,704 across the Albemarle, NC area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B−.
What is Oakboro, NC known for?
3 notable people were born here, including B. J. Hill and Quan Sturdivant.