Ceres vs Oakdale

A side-by-side comparison of Ceres and Oakdale: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Ceres has the higher population (48,918 vs 23,155 in Oakdale). Oakdale has the higher median household income ($86,478 vs $76,862 in Ceres). Oakdale has the higher median home value ($432,800 vs $397,200 in Ceres).

Population, income & housing

	Ceres	Oakdale
Population	48,918	23,155
Median age	32.7 yrs	35.1 yrs
Median household income	$76,862	$86,478
Median home value	$397,200	$432,800
Median gross rent	$1,584	$1,471
Housing units	14,209	8,497
Homeownership rate	63.7%	63.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.0%	21.4%
Unemployment rate	10.4%	9.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ceres	Oakdale
Population	48,214 → 48,918 (+1.5%)	22,936 → 23,155 (+1.0%)
Median household income	$58,667 → $76,862 (+31.0%)	$64,555 → $86,478 (+34.0%)
Median home value	$270,500 → $397,200 (+46.8%)	$310,100 → $432,800 (+39.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,192 → $1,584 (+32.9%)	$1,099 → $1,471 (+33.8%)

Ceres

Population

48,21448,918

Median household income

$58,667$76,862

Median home value

$270,500$397,200

Median gross rent

$1,192$1,584

Oakdale

Population

22,93623,155

Median household income

$64,555$86,478

Median home value

$310,100$432,800

Median gross rent

$1,099$1,471

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ceres	Oakdale
Under 5	7.0%	6.0%
5 to 17	21.5%	21.0%
18 to 24	9.8%	8.5%
25 to 34	15.1%	14.3%
35 to 44	14.4%	13.4%
45 to 54	10.2%	11.3%
55 to 64	10.5%	12.7%
65 to 74	7.1%	6.9%
75 and over	4.5%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ceres	Oakdale
White (non-Hispanic)	20.9%	57.7%
Black or African American	1.1%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.1%
Asian	9.5%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.3%	6.8%
Hispanic or Latino	65.6%	33.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ceres	Oakdale
No high school diploma	25.7%	15.2%
High school graduate	32.7%	25.6%
Some college or associate's	28.5%	37.8%
Bachelor's degree	9.8%	13.7%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	7.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ceres	Oakdale
Drove alone	82.7%	81.6%
Carpooled	11.7%	11.7%
Public transit	0.4%	0.1%
Walked	0.3%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.2%	4.4%
Other means	0.6%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ceres	Oakdale
1-unit, detached	77.3%	74.3%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	2.8%
2 to 4 units	3.6%	5.8%
5 to 19 units	4.1%	3.5%
20 or more units	6.1%	7.9%
Mobile home & other	6.2%	5.6%

Poverty & households

	Ceres	Oakdale
Poverty rate	14.4%	13.5%
Average household size	3.51	2.79
Mean commute (minutes)	34	36
Median year structure built	1986	1987