Oak IslandTX
It is a town of 354 residents in Texas.
Is Oak Island a good place to live?
41% of residents live below the poverty line in Oak Island, against 12% in Texas’ towns and 9.6% across U.S. towns. No town among the 643 in Texas we compare has a higher median age than Oak Island. Oak Island has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
354 people, and everyone knows the way
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The data
Ordered by what stands out in Oak Island.
With only 0.4 jobs per working resident, most people in Oak Island work out of town
4% of Oak Island working residents work locally. The top destinations are Houston (14%), Baytown (5%) and Anahuac (5%). The median commute is under 41 miles.
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Oak Island faces a high natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Expected losses in Oak Island break down as 29% from inland flooding and 22% from hurricanes. Its natural-hazard score from FEMA works out to 76 of 100. Federal disaster aid has reached households in Oak Island after 3 declared disasters, most recently in 2017.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The climate in Oak Island brings mild winters and hot summers
Its July high is 90°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
How healthy Oak Island is
The share of adults in Oak Island who have high blood pressure is 40%. On the CDC’s 31 measures, Oak Island is ahead of Texas on 2 and behind on 16. Among adults in the town, 26% worry about having enough food and 42% sleep under 7 hours.
| Oak Island | Typical Texas town | Typical U.S. town | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 13% | 12% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 20% | 14% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 42% | 39% | 36% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 35% | 35% |
| What stands out | Oak Island | TX |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 15.2% | 19.1% |
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 78.8% | 74.1% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 20.9% | 12.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Oak Island has set aside 3.8% of its land for conservation
In 1 park or preserve, walkers have 0.1 miles of trail. Walkers in Oak Island have a park or preserve of 12 acres.
| Oak Island | Typical Texas town | Typical U.S. town | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 3.8% | 1.9% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Job Beason Park | 0.1 mi | 12 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Oak Island
Moving to Oak Island: who provides what
Oak Island is unincorporated, so Chambers County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
96% of working residents leave Oak Island for work
Where Oak Island’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Oak Island; the nearest are
About 0 of every 100 Oak Island residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Texas.
About Oak Island
Census-designated place in the United States
Oak Island is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Chambers County, Texas, United States. The population was 371 at the 2020 census.
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- Area
- 1.2 sq mi
- Elevation
- 8 ft
- Area code
- 409
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