Delano vs Oildale

A side-by-side comparison of Delano and Oildale: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Delano has the higher population (50,835 vs 34,971 in Oildale). Delano has the higher median household income ($61,817 vs $49,622 in Oildale). Delano has the higher median home value ($270,300 vs $225,000 in Oildale).

Population, income & housing

	Delano	Oildale
Population	50,835	34,971
Median age	33.5 yrs	34.9 yrs
Median household income	$61,817	$49,622
Median home value	$270,300	$225,000
Median gross rent	$1,111	$1,220
Housing units	12,388	13,882
Homeownership rate	62.1%	40.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.2%	12.3%
Unemployment rate	11.4%	9.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Delano	Oildale
Population	52,886 → 50,835 (-3.9%)	34,763 → 34,971 (+0.6%)
Median household income	$43,641 → $61,817 (+41.6%)	$38,099 → $49,622 (+30.2%)
Median home value	$182,900 → $270,300 (+47.8%)	$160,300 → $225,000 (+40.4%)
Median gross rent	$903 → $1,111 (+23.0%)	$978 → $1,220 (+24.7%)

Delano

Population

52,88650,835

Median household income

$43,641$61,817

Median home value

$182,900$270,300

Median gross rent

$903$1,111

Oildale

Population

34,76334,971

Median household income

$38,099$49,622

Median home value

$160,300$225,000

Median gross rent

$978$1,220

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Delano	Oildale
Under 5	6.2%	5.8%
5 to 17	18.0%	20.6%
18 to 24	11.5%	9.6%
25 to 34	16.5%	14.2%
35 to 44	15.3%	14.4%
45 to 54	12.3%	10.2%
55 to 64	10.7%	12.9%
65 to 74	6.0%	8.2%
75 and over	3.6%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Delano	Oildale
White (non-Hispanic)	5.4%	59.5%
Black or African American	3.9%	1.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.5%
Asian	13.7%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.3%
Some other race	0.2%	1.0%
Two or more races	0.6%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	76.0%	31.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Delano	Oildale
No high school diploma	36.9%	17.8%
High school graduate	32.3%	32.3%
Some college or associate's	22.6%	37.6%
Bachelor's degree	6.5%	9.0%
Graduate or professional degree	1.7%	3.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Delano	Oildale
Drove alone	73.1%	79.2%
Carpooled	23.1%	13.1%
Public transit	0.0%	1.0%
Walked	0.6%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.5%	4.3%
Other means	0.5%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Delano	Oildale
1-unit, detached	74.1%	63.9%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	8.8%	18.7%
5 to 19 units	5.4%	3.9%
20 or more units	4.7%	2.5%
Mobile home & other	4.7%	8.4%

Poverty & households

	Delano	Oildale
Poverty rate	15.9%	26.9%
Average household size	3.74	2.71
Mean commute (minutes)	20	23
Median year structure built	1987	1968