Oildale vs Shafter

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

Oildale and Shafter 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 20,618 in Shafter). Shafter has the higher median household income ($67,989 vs $49,622 in Oildale). Shafter has the higher median home value ($306,800 vs $225,000 in Oildale).

Population, income & housing

	Oildale	Shafter
Population	34,971	20,618
Median age	34.9 yrs	28.0 yrs
Median household income	$49,622	$67,989
Median home value	$225,000	$306,800
Median gross rent	$1,220	$1,140
Housing units	13,882	5,684
Homeownership rate	40.5%	65.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.3%	10.7%
Unemployment rate	9.8%	6.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oildale	Shafter
Population	34,763 → 34,971 (+0.6%)	19,447 → 20,618 (+6.0%)
Median household income	$38,099 → $49,622 (+30.2%)	$45,854 → $67,989 (+48.3%)
Median home value	$160,300 → $225,000 (+40.4%)	$175,300 → $306,800 (+75.0%)
Median gross rent	$978 → $1,220 (+24.7%)	$868 → $1,140 (+31.3%)

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

Shafter

Population

19,44720,618

Median household income

$45,854$67,989

Median home value

$175,300$306,800

Median gross rent

$868$1,140

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Oildale	Shafter
Under 5	5.8%	7.3%
5 to 17	20.6%	27.2%
18 to 24	9.6%	9.5%
25 to 34	14.2%	18.6%
35 to 44	14.4%	13.3%
45 to 54	10.2%	10.6%
55 to 64	12.9%	6.5%
65 to 74	8.2%	4.3%
75 and over	4.1%	2.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oildale	Shafter
White (non-Hispanic)	59.5%	16.3%
Black or African American	1.9%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	1.4%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.3%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	31.0%	80.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oildale	Shafter
No high school diploma	17.8%	27.7%
High school graduate	32.3%	30.6%
Some college or associate's	37.6%	31.0%
Bachelor's degree	9.0%	7.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	3.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oildale	Shafter
Drove alone	79.2%	84.3%
Carpooled	13.1%	11.5%
Public transit	1.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.3%	3.3%
Other means	1.4%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oildale	Shafter
1-unit, detached	63.9%	83.0%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	18.7%	7.2%
5 to 19 units	3.9%	0.7%
20 or more units	2.5%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	8.4%	6.6%

Poverty & households

	Oildale	Shafter
Poverty rate	26.9%	21.3%
Average household size	2.71	3.67
Mean commute (minutes)	23	22
Median year structure built	1968	1995