Oakdale vs Riverbank

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

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

Riverbank has the higher population (24,881 vs 23,155 in Oakdale). Riverbank has the higher median household income ($90,216 vs $86,478 in Oakdale). Riverbank has the higher median home value ($442,300 vs $432,800 in Oakdale).

Population, income & housing

	Oakdale	Riverbank
Population	23,155	24,881
Median age	35.1 yrs	32.9 yrs
Median household income	$86,478	$90,216
Median home value	$432,800	$442,300
Median gross rent	$1,471	$1,527
Housing units	8,497	7,378
Homeownership rate	63.7%	68.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.4%	19.5%
Unemployment rate	9.5%	6.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oakdale	Riverbank
Population	22,936 → 23,155 (+1.0%)	24,482 → 24,881 (+1.6%)
Median household income	$64,555 → $86,478 (+34.0%)	$70,549 → $90,216 (+27.9%)
Median home value	$310,100 → $432,800 (+39.6%)	$294,200 → $442,300 (+50.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,099 → $1,471 (+33.8%)	$1,172 → $1,527 (+30.3%)

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

Riverbank

Population

24,48224,881

Median household income

$70,549$90,216

Median home value

$294,200$442,300

Median gross rent

$1,172$1,527

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Oakdale	Riverbank
Under 5	6.0%	8.3%
5 to 17	21.0%	23.2%
18 to 24	8.5%	9.1%
25 to 34	14.3%	13.0%
35 to 44	13.4%	13.4%
45 to 54	11.3%	13.5%
55 to 64	12.7%	8.1%
65 to 74	6.9%	6.6%
75 and over	5.8%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oakdale	Riverbank
White (non-Hispanic)	57.7%	31.0%
Black or African American	1.0%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.4%
Asian	1.2%	4.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.2%	0.2%
Two or more races	6.8%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	33.0%	59.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oakdale	Riverbank
No high school diploma	15.2%	19.6%
High school graduate	25.6%	29.5%
Some college or associate's	37.8%	31.3%
Bachelor's degree	13.7%	14.4%
Graduate or professional degree	7.7%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oakdale	Riverbank
Drove alone	81.6%	80.4%
Carpooled	11.7%	10.4%
Public transit	0.1%	0.4%
Walked	1.5%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	4.4%	6.4%
Other means	0.6%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oakdale	Riverbank
1-unit, detached	74.3%	84.1%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	4.6%
2 to 4 units	5.8%	2.3%
5 to 19 units	3.5%	2.0%
20 or more units	7.9%	3.2%
Mobile home & other	5.6%	3.8%

Poverty & households

	Oakdale	Riverbank
Poverty rate	13.5%	13.9%
Average household size	2.79	3.39
Mean commute (minutes)	36	29
Median year structure built	1987	1996