Oakland vs Plum Springs

A side-by-side comparison of Oakland and Plum Springs: population, income, housing, and more.

Oakland and Plum Springs are places in Kentucky. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Plum Springs has the higher population (476 vs 230 in Oakland). Plum Springs has the higher median home value ($148,200 vs $142,200 in Oakland). Since 2019, Plum Springs's population has grown faster (+2.8% vs -0.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Oakland	Plum Springs
Population	230	476
Median age	51.5 yrs	39.2 yrs
Median household income	—	$63,250
Median home value	$142,200	$148,200
Median gross rent	$900	$992
Housing units	119	182
Homeownership rate	87.2%	71.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.4%	15.5%
Unemployment rate	0.9%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oakland	Plum Springs
Population	232 → 230 (-0.9%)	463 → 476 (+2.8%)
Median household income	$44,000 → $38,750 (-11.9%)	$50,313 → $63,250 (+25.7%)
Median home value	$122,400 → $142,200 (+16.2%)	$104,800 → $148,200 (+41.4%)
Median gross rent	$636 → $900 (+41.5%)	$830 → $992 (+19.5%)

Oakland

Population

232230

Median household income

$44,000$38,750

Median home value

$122,400$142,200

Median gross rent

$636$900

Plum Springs

Population

463476

Median household income

$50,313$63,250

Median home value

$104,800$148,200

Median gross rent

$830$992

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Oakland	Plum Springs
Under 5	12.2%	5.5%
5 to 17	4.8%	16.2%
18 to 24	4.8%	10.5%
25 to 34	5.7%	11.1%
35 to 44	12.6%	14.3%
45 to 54	15.7%	11.8%
55 to 64	19.6%	15.5%
65 to 74	18.7%	9.7%
75 and over	6.1%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oakland	Plum Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	90.0%	73.7%
Black or African American	8.7%	18.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.4%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	6.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oakland	Plum Springs
No high school diploma	1.7%	26.3%
High school graduate	42.2%	26.0%
Some college or associate's	31.7%	32.2%
Bachelor's degree	13.9%	12.1%
Graduate or professional degree	10.6%	3.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oakland	Plum Springs
Drove alone	83.3%	90.5%
Carpooled	7.4%	7.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.3%	1.0%
Other means	0.0%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oakland	Plum Springs
1-unit, detached	100.0%	99.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Oakland	Plum Springs
Poverty rate	18.3%	10.9%
Average household size	2.11	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	31	16
Median year structure built	1976	1977