Clinton vs Oakland

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

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

Oakland has the higher population (2,714 vs 1,043 in Clinton). Clinton has the higher median household income ($74,706 vs $44,846 in Oakland). Clinton has the higher median home value ($146,800 vs $142,800 in Oakland).

Population, income & housing

	Clinton	Oakland
Population	1,043	2,714
Median age	47.2 yrs	41.8 yrs
Median household income	$74,706	$44,846
Median home value	$146,800	$142,800
Median gross rent	—	$932
Housing units	350	1,324
Homeownership rate	86.0%	70.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.5%	17.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clinton	Oakland
Population	953 → 1,043 (+9.4%)	2,389 → 2,714 (+13.6%)
Median household income	$60,263 → $74,706 (+24.0%)	$57,794 → $44,846 (-22.4%)
Median home value	$87,600 → $146,800 (+67.6%)	$166,000 → $142,800 (-14.0%)
Median gross rent	$810 → $1,036 (+27.9%)	$817 → $932 (+14.1%)

Clinton

Population

9531,043

Median household income

$60,263$74,706

Median home value

$87,600$146,800

Median gross rent

$810$1,036

Oakland

Population

2,3892,714

Median household income

$57,794$44,846

Median home value

$166,000$142,800

Median gross rent

$817$932

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clinton	Oakland
Under 5	7.6%	7.5%
5 to 17	0.6%	18.5%
18 to 24	1.9%	3.5%
25 to 34	11.5%	14.0%
35 to 44	15.1%	10.9%
45 to 54	34.0%	19.3%
55 to 64	6.0%	10.0%
65 to 74	3.6%	8.4%
75 and over	19.7%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clinton	Oakland
White (non-Hispanic)	98.5%	90.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	6.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.1%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clinton	Oakland
No high school diploma	5.4%	4.8%
High school graduate	70.6%	38.1%
Some college or associate's	10.4%	40.1%
Bachelor's degree	13.5%	10.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	6.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clinton	Oakland
Drove alone	100.0%	83.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	7.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	7.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clinton	Oakland
1-unit, detached	55.1%	49.4%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.1%	4.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	21.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	31.4%	22.0%

Poverty & households

	Clinton	Oakland
Poverty rate	2.0%	17.2%
Average household size	2.98	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	20	21
Median year structure built	1976	1974