Oakley vs Walnut Creek

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

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

Walnut Creek has the higher population (69,790 vs 44,311 in Oakley). Walnut Creek has the higher median household income ($135,665 vs $132,067 in Oakley). Walnut Creek has the higher median home value ($1,031,100 vs $632,800 in Oakley).

Population, income & housing

	Oakley	Walnut Creek
Population	44,311	69,790
Median age	36.4 yrs	46.1 yrs
Median household income	$132,067	$135,665
Median home value	$632,800	$1,031,100
Median gross rent	$2,031	$2,613
Housing units	13,667	33,618
Homeownership rate	77.1%	64.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.2%	69.4%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oakley	Walnut Creek
Population	41,324 → 44,311 (+7.2%)	69,567 → 69,790 (+0.3%)
Median household income	$104,893 → $132,067 (+25.9%)	$105,948 → $135,665 (+28.0%)
Median home value	$441,900 → $632,800 (+43.2%)	$793,100 → $1,031,100 (+30.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,688 → $2,031 (+20.3%)	$2,095 → $2,613 (+24.7%)

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

Walnut Creek

Population

69,56769,790

Median household income

$105,948$135,665

Median home value

$793,100$1,031,100

Median gross rent

$2,095$2,613

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Oakley	Walnut Creek
Under 5	7.5%	4.9%
5 to 17	17.0%	11.1%
18 to 24	9.3%	6.1%
25 to 34	13.5%	14.1%
35 to 44	15.2%	12.3%
45 to 54	13.7%	11.0%
55 to 64	13.0%	11.5%
65 to 74	7.7%	14.0%
75 and over	3.1%	15.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oakley	Walnut Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	42.3%	62.2%
Black or African American	8.6%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	9.3%	16.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.8%	0.3%
Some other race	0.2%	0.5%
Two or more races	4.9%	6.2%
Hispanic or Latino	33.9%	11.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oakley	Walnut Creek
No high school diploma	11.5%	2.8%
High school graduate	28.6%	8.8%
Some college or associate's	36.8%	18.9%
Bachelor's degree	17.8%	38.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	30.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oakley	Walnut Creek
Drove alone	73.4%	49.9%
Carpooled	8.7%	7.7%
Public transit	2.2%	8.9%
Walked	0.4%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.7%
Worked from home	14.6%	28.7%
Other means	0.6%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oakley	Walnut Creek
1-unit, detached	90.6%	38.2%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	14.9%
2 to 4 units	0.4%	10.3%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	12.5%
20 or more units	3.2%	23.8%
Mobile home & other	2.8%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Oakley	Walnut Creek
Poverty rate	6.6%	5.9%
Average household size	3.28	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	42	33
Median year structure built	1995	1974