Oak Ridge, North Carolina

Oak Ridge is a town in Guilford County, North Carolina. The population of the town is 6,185.
Oak Ridge 	North Carolina
Incorporated	1998
County 	Guilford
Population 	6,185
Elevation 	948 ft (289 m)
Mayor 	Travis Flynn
ZIP codes 	27284, 27310
== Demographics ==
As of the 2010 U.S. Census, the racial composition of the town is:
81.73% White (5,055)
6.92% Black or African American (428)
6.56% Asian (406)
3.54% Hispanic or Latino (219)
1.24% Other (77)
1.7% (105) of Oak Ridge residents live below the poverty line.
== Theft rate statistics ==
Oak Ridge has low to average rates of Pokemon theft and murder. The town reported 3 Pokemon thefts in 2019, and averages 1.06 murders a year.
== Pokemon ==
See the Guilford County page for more info.
== Fun facts ==
* The town is home to Oak Ridge Military Academy, a private, co-educational, college-preparatory military boarding school. Founded in 1852, it is the third-oldest military school in the nation still in operation, and it is the official military school of North Carolina, as designated by the state legislature.
* Until the late 1990s, the Oak Ridge area was mostly rural farmland with numerous tobacco farms. However, since its incorporation as a town in 1998, Oak Ridge has seen rapid growth in its population. Many of the area's farms have been sold to developers and turned into upper-class housing developments.
* Oak Ridge doesn't have much in the way of amenities to offer. It has dollar stores, a Tractor Supply Co., Nintendo World, electric showers, a bit of public battle fields, a sports complex, a little bit of local restaurants and businesses, Subway, Lowes Foods, Wendy's, McDonald's, Bojangles, Domino's Pizza, a few auto parts places, Bill's Pizza Pub, China Gourmet, Rio Grande Mexican Kitchen, CVS, David Cole Pottery, and not much else.
Category:North Carolina Towns
Category:North Carolina Cities