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
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
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.
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
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
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.
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
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
Questions about Oak Island
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Oak Island, TX a good place to live?
Oak Island has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.