Kansas vs Oakman

A side-by-side comparison of Kansas and Oakman: population, income, housing, and more.

Kansas and Oakman are places in Alabama. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Oakman has the higher population (872 vs 128 in Kansas). Oakman has the higher median home value ($71,600 vs $57,100 in Kansas). Since 2019, Oakman's population has grown faster (+36.7% vs -47.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Kansas	Oakman
Population	128	872
Median age	56.0 yrs	38.6 yrs
Median household income	$46,875	—
Median home value	$57,100	$71,600
Median gross rent	$758	—
Housing units	81	444
Homeownership rate	85.7%	75.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.2%	8.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	6.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kansas	Oakman
Population	245 → 128 (-47.8%)	638 → 872 (+36.7%)
Median household income	$51,250 → $46,875 (-8.5%)	$19,500 → $24,578 (+26.0%)
Median home value	$56,600 → $57,100 (+0.9%)	$70,800 → $71,600 (+1.1%)
Median gross rent	$650 → $758 (+16.6%)	$464 → $413 (-11.0%)

Kansas

Population

245128

Median household income

$51,250$46,875

Median home value

$56,600$57,100

Median gross rent

$650$758

Oakman

Population

638872

Median household income

$19,500$24,578

Median home value

$70,800$71,600

Median gross rent

$464$413

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kansas	Oakman
Under 5	7.0%	9.4%
5 to 17	4.7%	14.4%
18 to 24	11.7%	6.2%
25 to 34	11.7%	17.7%
35 to 44	3.9%	7.8%
45 to 54	7.8%	7.7%
55 to 64	22.7%	7.1%
65 to 74	18.8%	11.0%
75 and over	11.7%	18.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kansas	Oakman
White (non-Hispanic)	93.8%	80.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	10.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	6.7%
Hispanic or Latino	6.3%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kansas	Oakman
No high school diploma	17.3%	9.3%
High school graduate	32.7%	50.5%
Some college or associate's	40.8%	32.1%
Bachelor's degree	5.1%	5.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.1%	2.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kansas	Oakman
Drove alone	88.9%	89.7%
Carpooled	11.1%	8.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	1.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kansas	Oakman
1-unit, detached	59.3%	65.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	9.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	40.7%	19.1%

Poverty & households

	Kansas	Oakman
Poverty rate	12.5%	20.6%
Average household size	2.03	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	45	38
Median year structure built	1973	1981