White Oak is a city of 7,468 people in Pennsylvania. At a median age of 55.0, this is an older place than the country as a whole. The foreign-born share is 1%. Home values have more than doubled since 2000, reaching $162,200. That trails the Pennsylvania median by roughly 24%. 96% were living in the same home a year earlier.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $59,452, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Older
median age 55.0
US median: 38.9
Less educated
29% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Stable housing
home values roughly flat, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about White Oak
What changed most since 1990
Median age41.9 → 55.0(+13.1 years)US over the same years: +6.0 years
Population8,761 → 7,468(−15%)US over the same years: +35%
Homes owned by their occupants74.8% → 66.2%(−8.5 pts)US over the same years: +0.9 pts
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)15.8%(77)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)9.2%(45)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era39.5%(193)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War12.3%(60)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II2.9%(14)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 488 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
White Oak, decade by decade
White Oak population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
8,761
$72,266
$128,164
19.8%
5.7
2000
8,437
$69,307
$139,539
26.0%
7.7
2010
7,862
$65,354
$137,384
24.4%
16.4
2020
7,630
$60,528
$141,203
30.8%
27.6
2024
7,468
$59,452
$162,200
28.8%
30.3
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
