Grantsville vs Oakland

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

Grantsville 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 970 in Grantsville). Oakland has the higher median household income ($59,904 vs $46,354 in Grantsville). Oakland has the higher median home value ($247,100 vs $230,800 in Grantsville).

Population, income & housing

	Grantsville	Oakland
Population	970	2,043
Median age	49.1 yrs	51.2 yrs
Median household income	$46,354	$59,904
Median home value	$230,800	$247,100
Median gross rent	$654	$631
Housing units	466	1,238
Homeownership rate	42.0%	49.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.8%	25.8%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grantsville	Oakland
Population	638 → 970 (+52.0%)	1,745 → 2,043 (+17.1%)
Median household income	$35,500 → $46,354 (+30.6%)	$38,438 → $59,904 (+55.8%)
Median home value	$148,300 → $230,800 (+55.6%)	$157,700 → $247,100 (+56.7%)
Median gross rent	$514 → $654 (+27.2%)	$619 → $631 (+1.9%)

Grantsville

Population

638970

Median household income

$35,500$46,354

Median home value

$148,300$230,800

Median gross rent

$514$654

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)

	Grantsville	Oakland
Under 5	2.4%	4.5%
5 to 17	15.8%	11.7%
18 to 24	10.8%	3.7%
25 to 34	4.9%	15.4%
35 to 44	10.2%	8.6%
45 to 54	14.6%	9.7%
55 to 64	7.7%	16.4%
65 to 74	10.3%	14.6%
75 and over	23.2%	15.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grantsville	Oakland
White (non-Hispanic)	98.5%	93.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.4%
Asian	0.5%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.3%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.2%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grantsville	Oakland
No high school diploma	13.6%	9.3%
High school graduate	29.5%	39.3%
Some college or associate's	26.1%	25.6%
Bachelor's degree	14.5%	11.3%
Graduate or professional degree	16.3%	14.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grantsville	Oakland
Drove alone	85.1%	72.9%
Carpooled	8.2%	9.6%
Public transit	0.0%	1.2%
Walked	4.1%	3.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	3.2%
Worked from home	2.6%	9.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grantsville	Oakland
1-unit, detached	46.6%	60.7%
1-unit, attached	9.9%	4.4%
2 to 4 units	14.2%	7.1%
5 to 19 units	26.2%	11.8%
20 or more units	2.6%	14.1%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Grantsville	Oakland
Poverty rate	23.9%	14.2%
Average household size	1.95	1.93
Mean commute (minutes)	23	12
Median year structure built	1983	1964