Light Oak is an unincorporated area and census-designated place (CDP) in Cleveland County, North Carolina, United States. As of the 2020 census, Light Oak had a population of 697.
Geography
Light Oak is located in southeastern Cleveland County and is bordered on the west and south by the city of Shelby, the Cleveland County seat.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , all land.
Demographics
2020 census
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right"
|+Light Oak racial composition
!scope="col"| Race
!scope="col"| Number
!scope="col"| Percentage
|-
!scope="row"| White (non-Hispanic)
| 163
| 23.39%
|-
!scope="row"| Black or African American (non-Hispanic)
| 492
| 70.59%
|-
!scope="row"| Asian
| 1
| 0.14%
|-
!scope="row"| Other/Mixed
| 30
| 4.3%
|-
!scope="row"| Hispanic or Latino
| 11
| 1.58%
|}
As of the 2020 United States census, there were 697 people, 388 households, and 218 families residing in the CDP.
2000 census
As of the census