Kinder vs Oakdale

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

Kinder and Oakdale are places in Louisiana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Oakdale has the higher population (6,614 vs 2,361 in Kinder). Kinder has the higher median household income ($48,063 vs $45,038 in Oakdale). Kinder has the higher median home value ($108,300 vs $106,800 in Oakdale).

Population, income & housing

	Kinder	Oakdale
Population	2,361	6,614
Median age	32.9 yrs	42.7 yrs
Median household income	$48,063	$45,038
Median home value	$108,300	$106,800
Median gross rent	$829	$766
Housing units	1,167	2,669
Homeownership rate	54.0%	71.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.0%	9.8%
Unemployment rate	11.1%	16.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kinder	Oakdale
Population	2,751 → 2,361 (-14.2%)	7,607 → 6,614 (-13.1%)
Median household income	$45,721 → $48,063 (+5.1%)	$32,538 → $45,038 (+38.4%)
Median home value	$79,300 → $108,300 (+36.6%)	$69,400 → $106,800 (+53.9%)
Median gross rent	$764 → $829 (+8.5%)	$444 → $766 (+72.5%)

Kinder

Population

2,7512,361

Median household income

$45,721$48,063

Median home value

$79,300$108,300

Median gross rent

$764$829

Oakdale

Population

7,6076,614

Median household income

$32,538$45,038

Median home value

$69,400$106,800

Median gross rent

$444$766

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kinder	Oakdale
Under 5	10.6%	4.2%
5 to 17	15.2%	6.4%
18 to 24	8.0%	7.7%
25 to 34	19.0%	19.5%
35 to 44	9.7%	16.0%
45 to 54	14.8%	16.7%
55 to 64	8.1%	13.0%
65 to 74	7.9%	9.7%
75 and over	6.6%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kinder	Oakdale
White (non-Hispanic)	69.1%	47.0%
Black or African American	21.0%	29.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.1%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.6%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	5.5%	19.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kinder	Oakdale
No high school diploma	22.2%	25.1%
High school graduate	35.6%	45.4%
Some college or associate's	31.2%	19.7%
Bachelor's degree	6.6%	6.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kinder	Oakdale
Drove alone	80.1%	82.1%
Carpooled	12.7%	6.2%
Public transit	1.4%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.3%	10.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kinder	Oakdale
1-unit, detached	60.6%	74.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	21.7%	10.4%
5 to 19 units	2.7%	5.9%
20 or more units	2.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.6%	6.5%

Poverty & households

	Kinder	Oakdale
Poverty rate	27.4%	24.2%
Average household size	2.39	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	20	20
Median year structure built	1980	1969