Oakland City vs Patoka

A side-by-side comparison of Oakland City and Patoka: population, income, housing, and more.

Oakland City and Patoka are places in Indiana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Oakland City has the higher population (2,635 vs 887 in Patoka). Patoka has the higher median household income ($61,136 vs $48,750 in Oakland City). Oakland City has the higher median home value ($102,000 vs $92,300 in Patoka).

Population, income & housing

	Oakland City	Patoka
Population	2,635	887
Median age	38.5 yrs	33.4 yrs
Median household income	$48,750	$61,136
Median home value	$102,000	$92,300
Median gross rent	$883	$886
Housing units	1,141	403
Homeownership rate	59.4%	76.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.6%	9.7%
Unemployment rate	7.5%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oakland City	Patoka
Population	2,576 → 2,635 (+2.3%)	1,210 → 887 (-26.7%)
Median household income	$41,250 → $48,750 (+18.2%)	$40,068 → $61,136 (+52.6%)
Median home value	$69,000 → $102,000 (+47.8%)	$45,500 → $92,300 (+102.9%)
Median gross rent	$674 → $883 (+31.0%)	$700 → $886 (+26.6%)

Oakland City

Population

2,5762,635

Median household income

$41,250$48,750

Median home value

$69,000$102,000

Median gross rent

$674$883

Patoka

Population

1,210887

Median household income

$40,068$61,136

Median home value

$45,500$92,300

Median gross rent

$700$886

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Oakland City	Patoka
Under 5	3.6%	6.1%
5 to 17	15.9%	23.9%
18 to 24	15.9%	8.3%
25 to 34	11.6%	16.5%
35 to 44	11.8%	12.3%
45 to 54	11.1%	7.4%
55 to 64	10.6%	14.5%
65 to 74	8.0%	4.4%
75 and over	11.5%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oakland City	Patoka
White (non-Hispanic)	88.0%	86.6%
Black or African American	2.8%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	1.9%
Two or more races	3.2%	7.7%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oakland City	Patoka
No high school diploma	17.8%	15.4%
High school graduate	34.5%	46.4%
Some college or associate's	30.1%	28.5%
Bachelor's degree	8.9%	7.1%
Graduate or professional degree	8.7%	2.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oakland City	Patoka
Drove alone	72.4%	83.9%
Carpooled	12.6%	13.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	9.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.9%	2.6%
Other means	1.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oakland City	Patoka
1-unit, detached	82.6%	71.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.6%	28.5%

Poverty & households

	Oakland City	Patoka
Poverty rate	14.9%	19.7%
Average household size	2.53	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	22	27
Median year structure built	1947	1971