Oildale vs Rosamond

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

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

Oildale has the higher population (34,971 vs 20,835 in Rosamond). Rosamond has the higher median household income ($77,773 vs $49,622 in Oildale). Rosamond has the higher median home value ($330,100 vs $225,000 in Oildale).

Population, income & housing

	Oildale	Rosamond
Population	34,971	20,835
Median age	34.9 yrs	30.7 yrs
Median household income	$49,622	$77,773
Median home value	$225,000	$330,100
Median gross rent	$1,220	$1,230
Housing units	13,882	7,179
Homeownership rate	40.5%	78.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.3%	17.2%
Unemployment rate	9.8%	8.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oildale	Rosamond
Population	34,763 → 34,971 (+0.6%)	20,851 → 20,835 (-0.1%)
Median household income	$38,099 → $49,622 (+30.2%)	$61,807 → $77,773 (+25.8%)
Median home value	$160,300 → $225,000 (+40.4%)	$208,600 → $330,100 (+58.2%)
Median gross rent	$978 → $1,220 (+24.7%)	$949 → $1,230 (+29.6%)

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

Rosamond

Population

20,85120,835

Median household income

$61,807$77,773

Median home value

$208,600$330,100

Median gross rent

$949$1,230

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Oildale	Rosamond
Under 5	5.8%	7.8%
5 to 17	20.6%	22.9%
18 to 24	9.6%	8.8%
25 to 34	14.2%	17.0%
35 to 44	14.4%	11.6%
45 to 54	10.2%	11.1%
55 to 64	12.9%	9.5%
65 to 74	8.2%	6.8%
75 and over	4.1%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oildale	Rosamond
White (non-Hispanic)	59.5%	32.5%
Black or African American	1.9%	13.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	1.4%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	0.8%
Two or more races	4.3%	7.0%
Hispanic or Latino	31.0%	43.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oildale	Rosamond
No high school diploma	17.8%	14.3%
High school graduate	32.3%	33.3%
Some college or associate's	37.6%	35.2%
Bachelor's degree	9.0%	11.8%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oildale	Rosamond
Drove alone	79.2%	80.1%
Carpooled	13.1%	9.9%
Public transit	1.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.3%	7.4%
Other means	1.4%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oildale	Rosamond
1-unit, detached	63.9%	65.6%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	18.7%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	3.9%	4.2%
20 or more units	2.5%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	8.4%	22.3%

Poverty & households

	Oildale	Rosamond
Poverty rate	26.9%	17.4%
Average household size	2.71	3.15
Mean commute (minutes)	23	31
Median year structure built	1968	1993