Burley vs Oakley

A side-by-side comparison of Burley and Oakley: population, income, housing, and more.

Burley and Oakley are places in Idaho. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Burley has the higher population (11,721 vs 846 in Oakley). Oakley has the higher median household income ($93,333 vs $63,315 in Burley). Oakley has the higher median home value ($220,000 vs $213,700 in Burley).

Population, income & housing

	Burley	Oakley
Population	11,721	846
Median age	29.2 yrs	33.0 yrs
Median household income	$63,315	$93,333
Median home value	$213,700	$220,000
Median gross rent	$920	$642
Housing units	4,125	277
Homeownership rate	60.6%	94.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.1%	22.7%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	0.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Burley	Oakley
Population	10,313 → 11,721 (+13.7%)	821 → 846 (+3.0%)
Median household income	$48,265 → $63,315 (+31.2%)	$54,167 → $93,333 (+72.3%)
Median home value	$128,100 → $213,700 (+66.8%)	$154,900 → $220,000 (+42.0%)
Median gross rent	$669 → $920 (+37.5%)	$736 → $642 (-12.8%)

Burley

Population

10,31311,721

Median household income

$48,265$63,315

Median home value

$128,100$213,700

Median gross rent

$669$920

Oakley

Population

821846

Median household income

$54,167$93,333

Median home value

$154,900$220,000

Median gross rent

$736$642

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Burley	Oakley
Under 5	8.6%	5.6%
5 to 17	23.0%	31.6%
18 to 24	10.8%	9.2%
25 to 34	13.4%	4.0%
35 to 44	13.9%	16.9%
45 to 54	9.2%	12.4%
55 to 64	9.8%	5.9%
65 to 74	6.8%	8.7%
75 and over	4.5%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Burley	Oakley
White (non-Hispanic)	54.5%	95.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.5%
Asian	0.4%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	38.0%	3.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Burley	Oakley
No high school diploma	16.2%	12.8%
High school graduate	29.9%	25.8%
Some college or associate's	37.8%	38.8%
Bachelor's degree	11.8%	16.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	6.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Burley	Oakley
Drove alone	82.3%	72.5%
Carpooled	9.4%	13.6%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.1%	11.3%
Other means	2.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Burley	Oakley
1-unit, detached	73.6%	89.5%
1-unit, attached	3.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	6.4%	0.4%
20 or more units	2.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.7%	10.1%

Poverty & households

	Burley	Oakley
Poverty rate	14.1%	2.6%
Average household size	2.93	3.65
Mean commute (minutes)	16	24
Median year structure built	1971	1938