Madera vs Oakhurst

A side-by-side comparison of Madera and Oakhurst: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Madera has the higher population (67,133 vs 4,956 in Oakhurst). Oakhurst has the higher median household income ($76,606 vs $63,619 in Madera). Oakhurst has the higher median home value ($372,500 vs $335,900 in Madera).

Population, income & housing

	Madera	Oakhurst
Population	67,133	4,956
Median age	30.4 yrs	55.4 yrs
Median household income	$63,619	$76,606
Median home value	$335,900	$372,500
Median gross rent	$1,237	$1,300
Housing units	18,543	2,965
Homeownership rate	51.7%	83.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.3%	25.4%
Unemployment rate	11.9%	7.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Madera	Oakhurst
Population	64,833 → 67,133 (+3.5%)	3,446 → 4,956 (+43.8%)
Median household income	$45,163 → $63,619 (+40.9%)	$44,310 → $76,606 (+72.9%)
Median home value	$224,100 → $335,900 (+49.9%)	$247,600 → $372,500 (+50.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,022 → $1,237 (+21.0%)	$1,144 → $1,300 (+13.6%)

Madera

Population

64,83367,133

Median household income

$45,163$63,619

Median home value

$224,100$335,900

Median gross rent

$1,022$1,237

Oakhurst

Population

3,4464,956

Median household income

$44,310$76,606

Median home value

$247,600$372,500

Median gross rent

$1,144$1,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Madera	Oakhurst
Under 5	7.1%	3.0%
5 to 17	23.9%	8.8%
18 to 24	11.0%	9.3%
25 to 34	15.3%	10.6%
35 to 44	13.2%	7.5%
45 to 54	12.0%	10.0%
55 to 64	8.1%	19.5%
65 to 74	5.3%	17.7%
75 and over	4.2%	13.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Madera	Oakhurst
White (non-Hispanic)	12.7%	82.6%
Black or African American	3.0%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	1.9%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.4%
Two or more races	1.8%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	80.2%	11.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Madera	Oakhurst
No high school diploma	37.7%	9.4%
High school graduate	23.5%	28.0%
Some college or associate's	28.5%	37.2%
Bachelor's degree	6.8%	14.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	10.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Madera	Oakhurst
Drove alone	70.4%	75.5%
Carpooled	14.0%	1.0%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.5%	18.0%
Other means	7.1%	4.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Madera	Oakhurst
1-unit, detached	71.2%	77.3%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	9.5%	1.7%
5 to 19 units	7.0%	5.0%
20 or more units	6.7%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	2.8%	13.6%

Poverty & households

	Madera	Oakhurst
Poverty rate	26.0%	13.0%
Average household size	3.80	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	27	26
Median year structure built	1991	1980