Hugo vs Oakdale

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

Hugo and Oakdale are places in Minnesota. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Oakdale has the higher population (28,109 vs 16,076 in Hugo). Hugo has the higher median household income ($114,057 vs $90,379 in Oakdale). Hugo has the higher median home value ($394,200 vs $305,900 in Oakdale).

Population, income & housing

	Hugo	Oakdale
Population	16,076	28,109
Median age	39.2 yrs	41.3 yrs
Median household income	$114,057	$90,379
Median home value	$394,200	$305,900
Median gross rent	$1,896	$1,452
Housing units	6,522	11,744
Homeownership rate	89.1%	77.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.0%	33.6%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hugo	Oakdale
Population	14,767 → 16,076 (+8.9%)	27,963 → 28,109 (+0.5%)
Median household income	$89,969 → $114,057 (+26.8%)	$72,511 → $90,379 (+24.6%)
Median home value	$259,300 → $394,200 (+52.0%)	$227,700 → $305,900 (+34.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,500 → $1,896 (+26.4%)	$1,073 → $1,452 (+35.3%)

Hugo

Population

14,76716,076

Median household income

$89,969$114,057

Median home value

$259,300$394,200

Median gross rent

$1,500$1,896

Oakdale

Population

27,96328,109

Median household income

$72,511$90,379

Median home value

$227,700$305,900

Median gross rent

$1,073$1,452

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hugo	Oakdale
Under 5	8.9%	5.2%
5 to 17	16.5%	16.0%
18 to 24	6.5%	9.0%
25 to 34	10.4%	14.9%
35 to 44	15.7%	8.6%
45 to 54	12.7%	13.6%
55 to 64	14.8%	15.2%
65 to 74	9.1%	9.3%
75 and over	5.6%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hugo	Oakdale
White (non-Hispanic)	87.0%	67.4%
Black or African American	3.5%	8.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	3.1%	13.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.4%	5.5%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	4.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hugo	Oakdale
No high school diploma	1.8%	6.2%
High school graduate	19.6%	27.1%
Some college or associate's	34.7%	33.0%
Bachelor's degree	25.5%	23.4%
Graduate or professional degree	18.5%	10.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hugo	Oakdale
Drove alone	79.2%	69.6%
Carpooled	3.9%	9.5%
Public transit	0.0%	1.2%
Walked	0.4%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	16.0%	17.6%
Other means	0.5%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hugo	Oakdale
1-unit, detached	61.0%	57.8%
1-unit, attached	28.6%	22.2%
2 to 4 units	0.8%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	2.0%
20 or more units	3.3%	14.6%
Mobile home & other	3.5%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Hugo	Oakdale
Poverty rate	1.7%	6.0%
Average household size	2.53	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	26	24
Median year structure built	2003	1987