Danville vs Oakley

A side-by-side comparison of Danville and Oakley: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Oakley has the higher population (44,311 vs 43,426 in Danville). Danville has the higher median household income ($223,206 vs $132,067 in Oakley). Danville has the higher median home value ($1,583,300 vs $632,800 in Oakley).

Population, income & housing

	Danville	Oakley
Population	43,426	44,311
Median age	45.6 yrs	36.4 yrs
Median household income	$223,206	$132,067
Median home value	$1,583,300	$632,800
Median gross rent	$3,501	$2,031
Housing units	15,909	13,667
Homeownership rate	85.8%	77.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	72.5%	23.2%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Danville	Oakley
Population	44,605 → 43,426 (-2.6%)	41,324 → 44,311 (+7.2%)
Median household income	$160,808 → $223,206 (+38.8%)	$104,893 → $132,067 (+25.9%)
Median home value	$1,091,900 → $1,583,300 (+45.0%)	$441,900 → $632,800 (+43.2%)
Median gross rent	$2,489 → $3,501 (+40.7%)	$1,688 → $2,031 (+20.3%)

Danville

Population

44,60543,426

Median household income

$160,808$223,206

Median home value

$1,091,900$1,583,300

Median gross rent

$2,489$3,501

Oakley

Population

41,32444,311

Median household income

$104,893$132,067

Median home value

$441,900$632,800

Median gross rent

$1,688$2,031

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Danville	Oakley
Under 5	4.5%	7.5%
5 to 17	20.6%	17.0%
18 to 24	6.4%	9.3%
25 to 34	5.7%	13.5%
35 to 44	12.2%	15.2%
45 to 54	16.4%	13.7%
55 to 64	15.1%	13.0%
65 to 74	10.7%	7.7%
75 and over	8.5%	3.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Danville	Oakley
White (non-Hispanic)	65.2%	42.3%
Black or African American	0.7%	8.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	19.7%	9.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.8%
Some other race	0.2%	0.2%
Two or more races	5.6%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	8.6%	33.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Danville	Oakley
No high school diploma	1.9%	11.5%
High school graduate	6.8%	28.6%
Some college or associate's	18.7%	36.8%
Bachelor's degree	43.1%	17.8%
Graduate or professional degree	29.4%	5.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Danville	Oakley
Drove alone	54.9%	73.4%
Carpooled	5.3%	8.7%
Public transit	3.3%	2.2%
Walked	2.9%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.1%
Worked from home	32.6%	14.6%
Other means	0.8%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Danville	Oakley
1-unit, detached	76.8%	90.6%
1-unit, attached	15.8%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	1.6%	0.4%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	0.7%
20 or more units	2.9%	3.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.8%

Poverty & households

	Danville	Oakley
Poverty rate	3.6%	6.6%
Average household size	2.77	3.28
Mean commute (minutes)	32	42
Median year structure built	1979	1995