Oakland City vs Princeton

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

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

Princeton has the higher population (8,347 vs 2,635 in Oakland City). Princeton has the higher median household income ($57,234 vs $48,750 in Oakland City). Princeton has the higher median home value ($117,100 vs $102,000 in Oakland City).

Population, income & housing

	Oakland City	Princeton
Population	2,635	8,347
Median age	38.5 yrs	38.2 yrs
Median household income	$48,750	$57,234
Median home value	$102,000	$117,100
Median gross rent	$883	$892
Housing units	1,141	3,947
Homeownership rate	59.4%	60.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.6%	10.2%
Unemployment rate	7.5%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oakland City	Princeton
Population	2,576 → 2,635 (+2.3%)	8,684 → 8,347 (-3.9%)
Median household income	$41,250 → $48,750 (+18.2%)	$47,091 → $57,234 (+21.5%)
Median home value	$69,000 → $102,000 (+47.8%)	$96,900 → $117,100 (+20.8%)
Median gross rent	$674 → $883 (+31.0%)	$626 → $892 (+42.5%)

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

Princeton

Population

8,6848,347

Median household income

$47,091$57,234

Median home value

$96,900$117,100

Median gross rent

$626$892

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Oakland City	Princeton
Under 5	3.6%	5.8%
5 to 17	15.9%	19.1%
18 to 24	15.9%	6.6%
25 to 34	11.6%	14.5%
35 to 44	11.8%	12.8%
45 to 54	11.1%	12.9%
55 to 64	10.6%	11.8%
65 to 74	8.0%	9.3%
75 and over	11.5%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oakland City	Princeton
White (non-Hispanic)	88.0%	82.1%
Black or African American	2.8%	6.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.4%
Some other race	1.1%	0.6%
Two or more races	3.2%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	5.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oakland City	Princeton
No high school diploma	17.8%	14.7%
High school graduate	34.5%	51.2%
Some college or associate's	30.1%	24.0%
Bachelor's degree	8.9%	7.4%
Graduate or professional degree	8.7%	2.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oakland City	Princeton
Drove alone	72.4%	81.6%
Carpooled	12.6%	8.1%
Public transit	0.0%	1.3%
Walked	9.9%	3.4%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.9%	2.3%
Other means	1.4%	3.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oakland City	Princeton
1-unit, detached	82.6%	67.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	7.1%	12.5%
5 to 19 units	1.0%	6.4%
20 or more units	0.7%	7.4%
Mobile home & other	8.6%	5.2%

Poverty & households

	Oakland City	Princeton
Poverty rate	14.9%	14.8%
Average household size	2.53	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	22	14
Median year structure built	1947	1971