Fort Irwin vs Oak Hills

A side-by-side comparison of Fort Irwin and Oak Hills: population, income, housing, and more.

Fort Irwin and Oak Hills are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Fort Irwin has the higher population (8,791 vs 8,246 in Oak Hills). Oak Hills has the higher median household income ($98,424 vs $66,964 in Fort Irwin). Since 2019, Fort Irwin's population has grown faster (-11.0% vs -21.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Irwin	Oak Hills
Population	8,791	8,246
Median age	23.4 yrs	39.5 yrs
Median household income	$66,964	$98,424
Median home value	—	$475,500
Median gross rent	$1,601	$2,102
Housing units	3,100	2,931
Homeownership rate	1.4%	84.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.7%	18.1%
Unemployment rate	9.2%	9.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Irwin	Oak Hills
Population	9,872 → 8,791 (-11.0%)	10,444 → 8,246 (-21.0%)
Median household income	$54,787 → $66,964 (+22.2%)	$87,429 → $98,424 (+12.6%)
Median home value	—	$347,900 → $475,500 (+36.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,369 → $1,601 (+16.9%)	$1,312 → $2,102 (+60.2%)

Fort Irwin

Population

9,8728,791

Median household income

$54,787$66,964

Median gross rent

$1,369$1,601

Oak Hills

Population

10,4448,246

Median household income

$87,429$98,424

Median home value

$347,900$475,500

Median gross rent

$1,312$2,102

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fort Irwin	Oak Hills
Under 5	12.3%	3.4%
5 to 17	16.7%	17.3%
18 to 24	27.6%	10.4%
25 to 34	31.2%	15.5%
35 to 44	8.0%	13.8%
45 to 54	4.3%	12.0%
55 to 64	0.0%	11.4%
65 to 74	0.0%	9.7%
75 and over	0.0%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Irwin	Oak Hills
White (non-Hispanic)	53.1%	43.6%
Black or African American	10.0%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.6%
Asian	2.1%	4.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.7%	0.8%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.7%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	27.0%	45.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Irwin	Oak Hills
No high school diploma	2.5%	11.5%
High school graduate	18.0%	34.5%
Some college or associate's	48.8%	35.8%
Bachelor's degree	24.5%	11.1%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	7.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Irwin	Oak Hills
Drove alone	65.4%	61.9%
Carpooled	15.2%	23.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	11.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	2.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.8%	14.2%
Other means	0.4%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Irwin	Oak Hills
1-unit, detached	12.5%	91.1%
1-unit, attached	36.9%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	41.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	6.5%	0.6%
20 or more units	2.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	6.7%

Poverty & households

	Fort Irwin	Oak Hills
Poverty rate	11.6%	8.3%
Average household size	2.62	3.02
Mean commute (minutes)	9	47
Median year structure built	1993	1996