Oakdale vs Salida

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

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

Oakdale has the higher population (23,155 vs 14,457 in Salida). Salida has the higher median household income ($91,990 vs $86,478 in Oakdale). Salida has the higher median home value ($448,700 vs $432,800 in Oakdale).

Population, income & housing

	Oakdale	Salida
Population	23,155	14,457
Median age	35.1 yrs	33.9 yrs
Median household income	$86,478	$91,990
Median home value	$432,800	$448,700
Median gross rent	$1,471	$2,004
Housing units	8,497	4,337
Homeownership rate	63.7%	79.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.4%	18.5%
Unemployment rate	9.5%	8.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oakdale	Salida
Population	22,936 → 23,155 (+1.0%)	14,229 → 14,457 (+1.6%)
Median household income	$64,555 → $86,478 (+34.0%)	$82,745 → $91,990 (+11.2%)
Median home value	$310,100 → $432,800 (+39.6%)	$301,700 → $448,700 (+48.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,099 → $1,471 (+33.8%)	$1,565 → $2,004 (+28.1%)

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

Salida

Population

14,22914,457

Median household income

$82,745$91,990

Median home value

$301,700$448,700

Median gross rent

$1,565$2,004

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Oakdale	Salida
Under 5	6.0%	6.0%
5 to 17	21.0%	16.4%
18 to 24	8.5%	11.2%
25 to 34	14.3%	18.0%
35 to 44	13.4%	12.1%
45 to 54	11.3%	11.8%
55 to 64	12.7%	12.5%
65 to 74	6.9%	7.2%
75 and over	5.8%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oakdale	Salida
White (non-Hispanic)	57.7%	33.4%
Black or African American	1.0%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	1.2%	6.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.2%	0.1%
Two or more races	6.8%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	33.0%	53.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oakdale	Salida
No high school diploma	15.2%	19.3%
High school graduate	25.6%	30.5%
Some college or associate's	37.8%	31.8%
Bachelor's degree	13.7%	15.6%
Graduate or professional degree	7.7%	2.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oakdale	Salida
Drove alone	81.6%	84.8%
Carpooled	11.7%	9.6%
Public transit	0.1%	0.7%
Walked	1.5%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.4%	4.2%
Other means	0.6%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oakdale	Salida
1-unit, detached	74.3%	94.8%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	3.4%
2 to 4 units	5.8%	0.6%
5 to 19 units	3.5%	0.5%
20 or more units	7.9%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	5.6%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Oakdale	Salida
Poverty rate	13.5%	9.5%
Average household size	2.79	3.31
Mean commute (minutes)	36	31
Median year structure built	1987	1993