Oakland vs Yellville

A side-by-side comparison of Oakland and Yellville: population, income, housing, and more.

Oakland and Yellville are places in Arkansas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Yellville has the higher population (1,239 vs 141 in Oakland). Oakland has the higher median household income ($43,199 vs $38,889 in Yellville). Since 2019, Yellville's population has grown faster (+7.3% vs -5.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Oakland	Yellville
Population	141	1,239
Median age	60.6 yrs	39.6 yrs
Median household income	$43,199	$38,889
Median home value	—	$131,100
Median gross rent	—	$791
Housing units	85	655
Homeownership rate	100.0%	69.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.2%	13.0%
Unemployment rate	—	12.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oakland	Yellville
Population	149 → 141 (-5.4%)	1,155 → 1,239 (+7.3%)
Median household income	$35,625 → $43,199 (+21.3%)	$30,441 → $38,889 (+27.8%)
Median home value	—	$110,900 → $131,100 (+18.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$635 → $791 (+24.6%)

Oakland

Population

149141

Median household income

$35,625$43,199

Yellville

Population

1,1551,239

Median household income

$30,441$38,889

Median home value

$110,900$131,100

Median gross rent

$635$791

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Oakland	Yellville
Under 5	0.0%	4.3%
5 to 17	0.0%	17.9%
18 to 24	0.0%	8.2%
25 to 34	0.0%	14.9%
35 to 44	0.0%	12.3%
45 to 54	0.0%	8.1%
55 to 64	81.6%	13.1%
65 to 74	18.4%	11.9%
75 and over	0.0%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oakland	Yellville
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	83.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	6.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	8.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oakland	Yellville
No high school diploma	0.0%	14.1%
High school graduate	81.6%	44.0%
Some college or associate's	9.2%	28.9%
Bachelor's degree	9.2%	7.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oakland	Yellville
Drove alone	—	76.5%
Carpooled	—	11.6%
Public transit	—	0.0%
Walked	—	4.6%
Bicycle	—	0.0%
Worked from home	—	7.4%
Other means	—	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oakland	Yellville
1-unit, detached	44.7%	83.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.7%
Mobile home & other	55.3%	4.7%

Poverty & households

	Oakland	Yellville
Poverty rate	9.2%	11.9%
Average household size	1.66	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	—	23
Median year structure built	1981	1975