East Oakdale vs Empire

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

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

Empire has the higher population (3,867 vs 2,346 in East Oakdale). East Oakdale has the higher median household income ($122,647 vs $48,990 in Empire). East Oakdale has the higher median home value ($850,400 vs $306,700 in Empire).

Population, income & housing

	East Oakdale	Empire
Population	2,346	3,867
Median age	54.0 yrs	38.1 yrs
Median household income	$122,647	$48,990
Median home value	$850,400	$306,700
Median gross rent	$2,069	$1,106
Housing units	1,023	1,198
Homeownership rate	91.5%	57.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.5%	8.5%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	13.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	East Oakdale	Empire
Population	2,839 → 2,346 (-17.4%)	4,051 → 3,867 (-4.5%)
Median household income	$125,756 → $122,647 (-2.5%)	$38,477 → $48,990 (+27.3%)
Median home value	$628,200 → $850,400 (+35.4%)	$160,400 → $306,700 (+91.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,405 → $2,069 (+47.3%)	$816 → $1,106 (+35.5%)

East Oakdale

Population

2,8392,346

Median household income

$125,756$122,647

Median home value

$628,200$850,400

Median gross rent

$1,405$2,069

Empire

Population

4,0513,867

Median household income

$38,477$48,990

Median home value

$160,400$306,700

Median gross rent

$816$1,106

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	East Oakdale	Empire
Under 5	2.1%	7.9%
5 to 17	16.7%	12.9%
18 to 24	5.7%	7.0%
25 to 34	3.3%	16.3%
35 to 44	14.3%	13.6%
45 to 54	9.5%	13.2%
55 to 64	15.6%	13.6%
65 to 74	24.2%	11.0%
75 and over	8.5%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	East Oakdale	Empire
White (non-Hispanic)	70.9%	38.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	5.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.8%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	17.7%	58.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	East Oakdale	Empire
No high school diploma	9.0%	26.4%
High school graduate	15.9%	41.6%
Some college or associate's	33.6%	23.5%
Bachelor's degree	23.4%	8.5%
Graduate or professional degree	18.1%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	East Oakdale	Empire
Drove alone	82.1%	79.1%
Carpooled	5.6%	15.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.6%	2.0%
Other means	0.6%	3.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	East Oakdale	Empire
1-unit, detached	98.0%	83.1%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	13.6%

Poverty & households

	East Oakdale	Empire
Poverty rate	9.5%	28.7%
Average household size	2.41	3.17
Mean commute (minutes)	32	27
Median year structure built	1991	1972