Modesto vs Oakdale

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

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

Modesto has the higher population (218,614 vs 23,155 in Oakdale). Oakdale has the higher median household income ($86,478 vs $77,899 in Modesto). Oakdale has the higher median home value ($432,800 vs $415,600 in Modesto).

Population, income & housing

	Modesto	Oakdale
Population	218,614	23,155
Median age	35.4 yrs	35.1 yrs
Median household income	$77,899	$86,478
Median home value	$415,600	$432,800
Median gross rent	$1,609	$1,471
Housing units	75,525	8,497
Homeownership rate	58.4%	63.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.3%	21.4%
Unemployment rate	7.3%	9.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Modesto	Oakdale
Population	212,616 → 218,614 (+2.8%)	22,936 → 23,155 (+1.0%)
Median household income	$59,287 → $77,899 (+31.4%)	$64,555 → $86,478 (+34.0%)
Median home value	$283,800 → $415,600 (+46.4%)	$310,100 → $432,800 (+39.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,176 → $1,609 (+36.8%)	$1,099 → $1,471 (+33.8%)

Modesto

Population

212,616218,614

Median household income

$59,287$77,899

Median home value

$283,800$415,600

Median gross rent

$1,176$1,609

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)

	Modesto	Oakdale
Under 5	6.9%	6.0%
5 to 17	19.4%	21.0%
18 to 24	8.2%	8.5%
25 to 34	15.1%	14.3%
35 to 44	13.1%	13.4%
45 to 54	11.9%	11.3%
55 to 64	11.1%	12.7%
65 to 74	8.7%	6.9%
75 and over	5.6%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Modesto	Oakdale
White (non-Hispanic)	39.0%	57.7%
Black or African American	4.3%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.1%
Asian	7.1%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.8%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.2%
Two or more races	4.2%	6.8%
Hispanic or Latino	43.9%	33.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Modesto	Oakdale
No high school diploma	16.7%	15.2%
High school graduate	29.0%	25.6%
Some college or associate's	34.0%	37.8%
Bachelor's degree	13.8%	13.7%
Graduate or professional degree	6.5%	7.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Modesto	Oakdale
Drove alone	76.6%	81.6%
Carpooled	12.1%	11.7%
Public transit	1.1%	0.1%
Walked	1.2%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.3%	4.4%
Other means	1.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Modesto	Oakdale
1-unit, detached	71.5%	74.3%
1-unit, attached	6.0%	2.8%
2 to 4 units	7.2%	5.8%
5 to 19 units	5.4%	3.5%
20 or more units	7.5%	7.9%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	5.6%

Poverty & households

	Modesto	Oakdale
Poverty rate	13.0%	13.5%
Average household size	2.98	2.79
Mean commute (minutes)	30	36
Median year structure built	1978	1987