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Oak Island, NC
North Carolina · Horry County · Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach Metro
Oak Island is a small city in North Carolina with a population of 8,888. Residents earn $83,483 per year, which is 11% above the national average.
3.5
/5.0
B+
Good
8,888
Population
461/sq mi density
$83,483
Median Income
$59,851 per capita
$407,400
Home Value
$557,249 Zillow
$1,208
Median Rent
40.9% income on rent
65°F
Avg Temperature
304 sunny days/yr
182
Violent Crime/100K
1,638 property/100K
B+
Overall
3.5 / 5.0
Good overall score based on economy, affordability, safety and education
A+
Economy
4.6 / 5.0
$83,483 median income, 1.7% unemployment
B+
Affordability
3.9 / 5.0
$407,400 home value, $1,208/mo rent
F
Safety
1.0 / 5.0
182 violent crimes/100K (52% below avg)
A
Education
4.4 / 5.0
43.0% bachelor's degree or higher
UFO Sightings Near Oak Island, NC
18 UFO sighting reports from the National UFO Reporting Center (NUFORC) found near Oak Island, NC.
| Name | Year | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Oak island, NC | 2013 | Orange round lights seen north of the beach on Oak Island. Made a triangle formation once, then went in a straight horizantal line. Mov |
| Oak island, NC | 2013 | Five orange lights moving across the sky. |
| Oak island, NC | 2013 | Blinking lights and orange orbs |
| Oak island, NC | 2013 | Strange formation of orange lights over the ocean appearing and reappearing at regular intervals |
| Oak island, NC | 2012 | Lit up (orange in color) for a few seconds and then seemed to almost jump a distance in an instant. Light would fade and return several |
| Oak island, NC | 2012 | Bright Orbs near Oak Island Pier. |
| Oak island, NC | 2012 | Orange cresent craft traveling west to east at Oak Island,North Carolinat at 10:45 p.m. 8/12/12 |
| Oak island, NC | 2012 | Red ball stop to a hover and slowly disappear |
| Oak island, NC | 2012 | Large fireballing flashes on and off. Smaller white flashes move across the sky at incredible rate. |
| Oak island, NC | 2011 | Bright white light seen moving out from above cloud. |
| Oak island, NC | 2011 | No sound just a white light |
| Oak island, NC | 2011 | At about 10:00PM on December 17th, 2011, two colleagues and I witnessed what we believe to be two UFOs fly from the western horizon to |
| Oak island, NC | 2009 | Two reddish-orange lights appearing 2-4 seconds, then reappearing every 5-10 minutes, several smaller lights twinkling continuously |
| Oak island, NC | 2008 | Our family witnessed three circles of white light that appeard to go off and come back on again then changed formation from stright ac |
| Oak island, NC | 2007 | 3 green lights in horizontal formation converged into 1 bright orange light, 3 oranage lights reappeared in triangular formation |
| Oak island, NC | 2007 | Huge light source, movement, flashing lights seen over Oak Island, North Carolina |
| Oak island, NC | 2005 | sat on porch n saw a sparkling light was chages colors red-green-yellow flashing staying in one spot below a few stars * darkness |
| Long beach (southport), NC | 2000 | 6 of us saw three bright lights appearing next to each other for about 1.5 hours, several crafts appeared to be searching for it. |