Livermore vs Oakland

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

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

Oakland has the higher population (438,072 vs 85,870 in Livermore). Livermore has the higher median household income ($153,602 vs $97,369 in Oakland). Livermore has the higher median home value ($1,038,600 vs $924,700 in Oakland).

Population, income & housing

	Livermore	Oakland
Population	85,870	438,072
Median age	40.5 yrs	37.6 yrs
Median household income	$153,602	$97,369
Median home value	$1,038,600	$924,700
Median gross rent	$2,640	$1,917
Housing units	31,874	187,847
Homeownership rate	72.0%	41.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	50.6%	47.9%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Livermore	Oakland
Population	89,699 → 85,870 (-4.3%)	425,097 → 438,072 (+3.1%)
Median household income	$127,452 → $153,602 (+20.5%)	$73,692 → $97,369 (+32.1%)
Median home value	$744,200 → $1,038,600 (+39.6%)	$687,400 → $924,700 (+34.5%)
Median gross rent	$2,063 → $2,640 (+28.0%)	$1,445 → $1,917 (+32.7%)

Livermore

Population

89,69985,870

Median household income

$127,452$153,602

Median home value

$744,200$1,038,600

Median gross rent

$2,063$2,640

Oakland

Population

425,097438,072

Median household income

$73,692$97,369

Median home value

$687,400$924,700

Median gross rent

$1,445$1,917

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Livermore	Oakland
Under 5	6.2%	5.7%
5 to 17	16.7%	13.6%
18 to 24	6.3%	7.0%
25 to 34	12.6%	18.8%
35 to 44	14.3%	16.6%
45 to 54	15.1%	12.8%
55 to 64	14.0%	11.3%
65 to 74	8.6%	8.4%
75 and over	6.2%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Livermore	Oakland
White (non-Hispanic)	53.2%	27.9%
Black or African American	1.4%	20.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.3%
Asian	16.1%	15.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.4%
Some other race	0.2%	0.7%
Two or more races	5.4%	5.9%
Hispanic or Latino	23.1%	28.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Livermore	Oakland
No high school diploma	5.9%	15.2%
High school graduate	14.5%	16.2%
Some college or associate's	29.1%	20.7%
Bachelor's degree	30.7%	26.5%
Graduate or professional degree	19.9%	21.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Livermore	Oakland
Drove alone	64.7%	47.8%
Carpooled	9.2%	7.2%
Public transit	2.4%	14.5%
Walked	0.8%	3.0%
Bicycle	1.0%	1.9%
Worked from home	20.7%	23.4%
Other means	1.3%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Livermore	Oakland
1-unit, detached	70.0%	41.6%
1-unit, attached	11.2%	4.8%
2 to 4 units	3.4%	17.5%
5 to 19 units	6.4%	13.4%
20 or more units	7.7%	22.2%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Livermore	Oakland
Poverty rate	4.4%	13.7%
Average household size	2.76	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	29	31
Median year structure built	1978	1953