Oakland vs Waterville

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

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

Waterville has the higher population (16,704 vs 2,714 in Oakland). Waterville has the higher median household income ($47,489 vs $44,846 in Oakland). Waterville has the higher median home value ($173,700 vs $142,800 in Oakland).

Population, income & housing

	Oakland	Waterville
Population	2,714	16,704
Median age	41.8 yrs	34.5 yrs
Median household income	$44,846	$47,489
Median home value	$142,800	$173,700
Median gross rent	$932	$957
Housing units	1,324	7,036
Homeownership rate	70.4%	45.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.0%	32.2%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oakland	Waterville
Population	2,389 → 2,714 (+13.6%)	16,577 → 16,704 (+0.8%)
Median household income	$57,794 → $44,846 (-22.4%)	$38,862 → $47,489 (+22.2%)
Median home value	$166,000 → $142,800 (-14.0%)	$125,000 → $173,700 (+39.0%)
Median gross rent	$817 → $932 (+14.1%)	$727 → $957 (+31.6%)

Oakland

Population

2,3892,714

Median household income

$57,794$44,846

Median home value

$166,000$142,800

Median gross rent

$817$932

Waterville

Population

16,57716,704

Median household income

$38,862$47,489

Median home value

$125,000$173,700

Median gross rent

$727$957

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Oakland	Waterville
Under 5	7.5%	4.5%
5 to 17	18.5%	13.8%
18 to 24	3.5%	22.1%
25 to 34	14.0%	10.1%
35 to 44	10.9%	12.1%
45 to 54	19.3%	6.7%
55 to 64	10.0%	13.3%
65 to 74	8.4%	10.3%
75 and over	8.0%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oakland	Waterville
White (non-Hispanic)	90.5%	89.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	2.8%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	6.3%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oakland	Waterville
No high school diploma	4.8%	8.7%
High school graduate	38.1%	30.1%
Some college or associate's	40.1%	29.1%
Bachelor's degree	10.3%	17.7%
Graduate or professional degree	6.7%	14.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oakland	Waterville
Drove alone	83.6%	67.4%
Carpooled	7.7%	4.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	1.4%	8.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.3%	15.7%
Other means	0.0%	4.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oakland	Waterville
1-unit, detached	49.4%	40.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	4.8%	31.0%
5 to 19 units	21.9%	15.0%
20 or more units	1.9%	7.2%
Mobile home & other	22.0%	4.0%

Poverty & households

	Oakland	Waterville
Poverty rate	17.2%	25.4%
Average household size	2.25	2.13
Mean commute (minutes)	21	17
Median year structure built	1974	1959