Oakland vs San Leandro

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

Oakland and San Leandro 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 88,531 in San Leandro). San Leandro has the higher median household income ($98,063 vs $97,369 in Oakland). Oakland has the higher median home value ($924,700 vs $813,600 in San Leandro).

Population, income & housing

	Oakland	San Leandro
Population	438,072	88,531
Median age	37.6 yrs	41.5 yrs
Median household income	$97,369	$98,063
Median home value	$924,700	$813,600
Median gross rent	$1,917	$2,115
Housing units	187,847	32,285
Homeownership rate	41.7%	58.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	47.9%	33.7%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oakland	San Leandro
Population	425,097 → 438,072 (+3.1%)	90,025 → 88,531 (-1.7%)
Median household income	$73,692 → $97,369 (+32.1%)	$78,003 → $98,063 (+25.7%)
Median home value	$687,400 → $924,700 (+34.5%)	$590,800 → $813,600 (+37.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,445 → $1,917 (+32.7%)	$1,652 → $2,115 (+28.0%)

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

San Leandro

Population

90,02588,531

Median household income

$78,003$98,063

Median home value

$590,800$813,600

Median gross rent

$1,652$2,115

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Oakland	San Leandro
Under 5	5.7%	4.2%
5 to 17	13.6%	13.6%
18 to 24	7.0%	7.5%
25 to 34	18.8%	14.6%
35 to 44	16.6%	13.9%
45 to 54	12.8%	14.3%
55 to 64	11.3%	13.6%
65 to 74	8.4%	10.5%
75 and over	5.9%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oakland	San Leandro
White (non-Hispanic)	27.9%	20.1%
Black or African American	20.5%	9.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.2%
Asian	15.3%	35.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	1.3%
Some other race	0.7%	0.6%
Two or more races	5.9%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	28.9%	28.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oakland	San Leandro
No high school diploma	15.2%	16.3%
High school graduate	16.2%	21.8%
Some college or associate's	20.7%	28.2%
Bachelor's degree	26.5%	23.3%
Graduate or professional degree	21.4%	10.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oakland	San Leandro
Drove alone	47.8%	61.8%
Carpooled	7.2%	11.6%
Public transit	14.5%	10.4%
Walked	3.0%	1.5%
Bicycle	1.9%	0.2%
Worked from home	23.4%	12.8%
Other means	2.1%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oakland	San Leandro
1-unit, detached	41.6%	57.7%
1-unit, attached	4.8%	8.5%
2 to 4 units	17.5%	5.8%
5 to 19 units	13.4%	6.8%
20 or more units	22.2%	18.7%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	2.5%

Poverty & households

	Oakland	San Leandro
Poverty rate	13.7%	8.6%
Average household size	2.49	2.84
Mean commute (minutes)	31	32
Median year structure built	1953	1959