Oakdale vs Turlock

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

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

Turlock has the higher population (72,400 vs 23,155 in Oakdale). Oakdale has the higher median household income ($86,478 vs $79,807 in Turlock). Turlock has the higher median home value ($443,900 vs $432,800 in Oakdale).

Population, income & housing

	Oakdale	Turlock
Population	23,155	72,400
Median age	35.1 yrs	34.6 yrs
Median household income	$86,478	$79,807
Median home value	$432,800	$443,900
Median gross rent	$1,471	$1,498
Housing units	8,497	26,215
Homeownership rate	63.7%	56.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.4%	26.6%
Unemployment rate	9.5%	7.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oakdale	Turlock
Population	22,936 → 23,155 (+1.0%)	72,904 → 72,400 (-0.7%)
Median household income	$64,555 → $86,478 (+34.0%)	$59,681 → $79,807 (+33.7%)
Median home value	$310,100 → $432,800 (+39.6%)	$310,100 → $443,900 (+43.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,099 → $1,471 (+33.8%)	$1,123 → $1,498 (+33.4%)

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

Turlock

Population

72,90472,400

Median household income

$59,681$79,807

Median home value

$310,100$443,900

Median gross rent

$1,123$1,498

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Oakdale	Turlock
Under 5	6.0%	6.4%
5 to 17	21.0%	19.3%
18 to 24	8.5%	10.8%
25 to 34	14.3%	14.0%
35 to 44	13.4%	12.6%
45 to 54	11.3%	11.3%
55 to 64	12.7%	10.7%
65 to 74	6.9%	8.6%
75 and over	5.8%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oakdale	Turlock
White (non-Hispanic)	57.7%	43.4%
Black or African American	1.0%	2.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	1.2%	5.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.2%	0.6%
Two or more races	6.8%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	33.0%	43.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oakdale	Turlock
No high school diploma	15.2%	18.3%
High school graduate	25.6%	23.0%
Some college or associate's	37.8%	32.1%
Bachelor's degree	13.7%	16.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.7%	9.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oakdale	Turlock
Drove alone	81.6%	81.1%
Carpooled	11.7%	7.3%
Public transit	0.1%	0.5%
Walked	1.5%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	4.4%	6.8%
Other means	0.6%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oakdale	Turlock
1-unit, detached	74.3%	67.9%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	5.8%	10.1%
5 to 19 units	3.5%	7.2%
20 or more units	7.9%	8.8%
Mobile home & other	5.6%	3.2%

Poverty & households

	Oakdale	Turlock
Poverty rate	13.5%	10.8%
Average household size	2.79	2.82
Mean commute (minutes)	36	26
Median year structure built	1987	1984