Accident vs Oakland

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

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

Oakland has the higher population (2,043 vs 436 in Accident). Oakland has the higher median household income ($59,904 vs $58,750 in Accident). Oakland has the higher median home value ($247,100 vs $206,500 in Accident).

Population, income & housing

	Accident	Oakland
Population	436	2,043
Median age	32.4 yrs	51.2 yrs
Median household income	$58,750	$59,904
Median home value	$206,500	$247,100
Median gross rent	—	$631
Housing units	206	1,238
Homeownership rate	58.9%	49.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.9%	25.8%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Accident	Oakland
Population	335 → 436 (+30.1%)	1,745 → 2,043 (+17.1%)
Median household income	$57,500 → $58,750 (+2.2%)	$38,438 → $59,904 (+55.8%)
Median home value	$144,300 → $206,500 (+43.1%)	$157,700 → $247,100 (+56.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$619 → $631 (+1.9%)

Accident

Population

335436

Median household income

$57,500$58,750

Median home value

$144,300$206,500

Oakland

Population

1,7452,043

Median household income

$38,438$59,904

Median home value

$157,700$247,100

Median gross rent

$619$631

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Accident	Oakland
Under 5	7.1%	4.5%
5 to 17	14.2%	11.7%
18 to 24	18.1%	3.7%
25 to 34	13.5%	15.4%
35 to 44	13.8%	8.6%
45 to 54	9.9%	9.7%
55 to 64	11.2%	16.4%
65 to 74	6.9%	14.6%
75 and over	5.3%	15.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Accident	Oakland
White (non-Hispanic)	92.7%	93.8%
Black or African American	0.2%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.4%
Asian	0.2%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	4.4%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Accident	Oakland
No high school diploma	4.9%	9.3%
High school graduate	36.7%	39.3%
Some college or associate's	39.4%	25.6%
Bachelor's degree	8.0%	11.3%
Graduate or professional degree	11.0%	14.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Accident	Oakland
Drove alone	80.6%	72.9%
Carpooled	7.7%	9.6%
Public transit	2.3%	1.2%
Walked	0.0%	3.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	3.2%
Worked from home	9.5%	9.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Accident	Oakland
1-unit, detached	65.0%	60.7%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	4.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	7.1%
5 to 19 units	2.4%	11.8%
20 or more units	22.8%	14.1%
Mobile home & other	8.3%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Accident	Oakland
Poverty rate	24.8%	14.2%
Average household size	2.27	1.93
Mean commute (minutes)	17	12
Median year structure built	1980	1964