Oakdale vs Waterford

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

Oakdale and Waterford 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 9,177 in Waterford). Oakdale has the higher median household income ($86,478 vs $73,092 in Waterford). Oakdale has the higher median home value ($432,800 vs $372,900 in Waterford).

Population, income & housing

	Oakdale	Waterford
Population	23,155	9,177
Median age	35.1 yrs	28.9 yrs
Median household income	$86,478	$73,092
Median home value	$432,800	$372,900
Median gross rent	$1,471	$1,567
Housing units	8,497	2,626
Homeownership rate	63.7%	53.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.4%	8.1%
Unemployment rate	9.5%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oakdale	Waterford
Population	22,936 → 23,155 (+1.0%)	8,877 → 9,177 (+3.4%)
Median household income	$64,555 → $86,478 (+34.0%)	$58,904 → $73,092 (+24.1%)
Median home value	$310,100 → $432,800 (+39.6%)	$247,200 → $372,900 (+50.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,099 → $1,471 (+33.8%)	$1,112 → $1,567 (+40.9%)

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

Waterford

Population

8,8779,177

Median household income

$58,904$73,092

Median home value

$247,200$372,900

Median gross rent

$1,112$1,567

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Oakdale	Waterford
Under 5	6.0%	6.5%
5 to 17	21.0%	23.8%
18 to 24	8.5%	11.4%
25 to 34	14.3%	14.8%
35 to 44	13.4%	10.1%
45 to 54	11.3%	15.1%
55 to 64	12.7%	11.0%
65 to 74	6.9%	5.1%
75 and over	5.8%	2.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oakdale	Waterford
White (non-Hispanic)	57.7%	38.5%
Black or African American	1.0%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	3.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	1.1%
Some other race	0.2%	0.2%
Two or more races	6.8%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	33.0%	54.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oakdale	Waterford
No high school diploma	15.2%	29.8%
High school graduate	25.6%	40.0%
Some college or associate's	37.8%	22.0%
Bachelor's degree	13.7%	5.5%
Graduate or professional degree	7.7%	2.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oakdale	Waterford
Drove alone	81.6%	73.1%
Carpooled	11.7%	20.9%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.4%	4.7%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oakdale	Waterford
1-unit, detached	74.3%	78.7%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	5.8%	9.1%
5 to 19 units	3.5%	2.4%
20 or more units	7.9%	5.3%
Mobile home & other	5.6%	3.1%

Poverty & households

	Oakdale	Waterford
Poverty rate	13.5%	13.8%
Average household size	2.79	3.83
Mean commute (minutes)	36	29
Median year structure built	1987	1988