Martinez vs Oakley

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

Martinez 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 36,926 in Martinez). Oakley has the higher median household income ($132,067 vs $125,436 in Martinez). Martinez has the higher median home value ($824,700 vs $632,800 in Oakley).

Population, income & housing

	Martinez	Oakley
Population	36,926	44,311
Median age	42.3 yrs	36.4 yrs
Median household income	$125,436	$132,067
Median home value	$824,700	$632,800
Median gross rent	$2,265	$2,031
Housing units	15,057	13,667
Homeownership rate	70.1%	77.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.5%	23.2%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Martinez	Oakley
Population	38,290 → 36,926 (-3.6%)	41,324 → 44,311 (+7.2%)
Median household income	$107,328 → $125,436 (+16.9%)	$104,893 → $132,067 (+25.9%)
Median home value	$596,400 → $824,700 (+38.3%)	$441,900 → $632,800 (+43.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,728 → $2,265 (+31.1%)	$1,688 → $2,031 (+20.3%)

Martinez

Population

38,29036,926

Median household income

$107,328$125,436

Median home value

$596,400$824,700

Median gross rent

$1,728$2,265

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)

	Martinez	Oakley
Under 5	7.0%	7.5%
5 to 17	13.2%	17.0%
18 to 24	7.0%	9.3%
25 to 34	11.8%	13.5%
35 to 44	15.2%	15.2%
45 to 54	12.5%	13.7%
55 to 64	15.7%	13.0%
65 to 74	10.6%	7.7%
75 and over	7.0%	3.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Martinez	Oakley
White (non-Hispanic)	59.0%	42.3%
Black or African American	2.4%	8.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	10.2%	9.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.8%
Some other race	0.4%	0.2%
Two or more races	8.5%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	19.4%	33.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Martinez	Oakley
No high school diploma	4.6%	11.5%
High school graduate	16.4%	28.6%
Some college or associate's	33.5%	36.8%
Bachelor's degree	31.2%	17.8%
Graduate or professional degree	14.3%	5.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Martinez	Oakley
Drove alone	65.1%	73.4%
Carpooled	7.5%	8.7%
Public transit	3.4%	2.2%
Walked	2.8%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.1%
Worked from home	19.5%	14.6%
Other means	1.3%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Martinez	Oakley
1-unit, detached	63.0%	90.6%
1-unit, attached	16.5%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	7.2%	0.4%
5 to 19 units	7.1%	0.7%
20 or more units	5.6%	3.2%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	2.8%

Poverty & households

	Martinez	Oakley
Poverty rate	6.7%	6.6%
Average household size	2.47	3.28
Mean commute (minutes)	30	42
Median year structure built	1976	1995