Newer homes on wooded lots
The Census Bureau's American Community Survey (2020–2024 estimates) counts about 2,690 housing units in Oak Ridge. About 98% are single detached houses and about 92% are owner-occupied. Most were built since 1990: about 1,790 homes from the 1990s onward, against roughly 550 before 1980.
Oak Ridge homes by decade built
American Community Survey, 2020–2024 five-year estimates
Built before 1980 Newer
The town's history runs much deeper than its housing. Oak Ridge Military Academy dates to 1852. But most Oak Ridge homes are bigger houses on wooded lots, many with decks, screened porches and crawlspaces or basements. That's ideal for spiders, carpenter ants and mosquitoes, and termites can forage in the stumps and fallen limbs nearby.
The summer call is mosquitoes
Mosquitoes are by far the most common summer request in Oak Ridge, and the shady wooded lots are the reason. Spiders on decks and porches that back onto the woods are next. Termite calls usually come from homeowners whose builder pre-treatment has expired, and in fall we get mice in garages and basements.
Getting to Oak Ridge
Oak Ridge is about 25 minutes from central High Point up NC 68, past the airport. Season mosquito plans here usually run every three to four weeks from late spring into fall.
