Oakdale vs Oberlin

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

Oakdale and Oberlin 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 1,683 in Oberlin). Oakdale has the higher median household income ($45,038 vs $41,198 in Oberlin). Oakdale has the higher median home value ($106,800 vs $95,700 in Oberlin).

Population, income & housing

	Oakdale	Oberlin
Population	6,614	1,683
Median age	42.7 yrs	38.4 yrs
Median household income	$45,038	$41,198
Median home value	$106,800	$95,700
Median gross rent	$766	$425
Housing units	2,669	750
Homeownership rate	71.0%	57.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.8%	7.4%
Unemployment rate	16.6%	0.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oakdale	Oberlin
Population	7,607 → 6,614 (-13.1%)	1,577 → 1,683 (+6.7%)
Median household income	$32,538 → $45,038 (+38.4%)	$33,750 → $41,198 (+22.1%)
Median home value	$69,400 → $106,800 (+53.9%)	$81,000 → $95,700 (+18.1%)
Median gross rent	$444 → $766 (+72.5%)	$539 → $425 (-21.2%)

Oakdale

Population

7,6076,614

Median household income

$32,538$45,038

Median home value

$69,400$106,800

Median gross rent

$444$766

Oberlin

Population

1,5771,683

Median household income

$33,750$41,198

Median home value

$81,000$95,700

Median gross rent

$539$425

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Oakdale	Oberlin
Under 5	4.2%	7.4%
5 to 17	6.4%	18.1%
18 to 24	7.7%	8.7%
25 to 34	19.5%	13.3%
35 to 44	16.0%	11.1%
45 to 54	16.7%	14.9%
55 to 64	13.0%	9.0%
65 to 74	9.7%	11.2%
75 and over	6.8%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oakdale	Oberlin
White (non-Hispanic)	47.0%	53.1%
Black or African American	29.9%	41.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.2%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	19.1%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oakdale	Oberlin
No high school diploma	25.1%	15.8%
High school graduate	45.4%	43.8%
Some college or associate's	19.7%	33.0%
Bachelor's degree	6.0%	5.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	1.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oakdale	Oberlin
Drove alone	82.1%	95.5%
Carpooled	6.2%	4.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.4%	0.0%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oakdale	Oberlin
1-unit, detached	74.3%	56.5%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.4%	20.4%
5 to 19 units	5.9%	6.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.5%	16.1%

Poverty & households

	Oakdale	Oberlin
Poverty rate	24.2%	18.6%
Average household size	2.32	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	20	21
Median year structure built	1969	1985