Oakdale vs Stillwater

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

Oakdale and Stillwater 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 19,323 in Stillwater). Stillwater has the higher median household income ($109,297 vs $90,379 in Oakdale). Stillwater has the higher median home value ($398,100 vs $305,900 in Oakdale).

Population, income & housing

	Oakdale	Stillwater
Population	28,109	19,323
Median age	41.3 yrs	42.5 yrs
Median household income	$90,379	$109,297
Median home value	$305,900	$398,100
Median gross rent	$1,452	$1,408
Housing units	11,744	8,446
Homeownership rate	77.4%	75.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.6%	50.9%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oakdale	Stillwater
Population	27,963 → 28,109 (+0.5%)	19,341 → 19,323 (-0.1%)
Median household income	$72,511 → $90,379 (+24.6%)	$91,350 → $109,297 (+19.6%)
Median home value	$227,700 → $305,900 (+34.3%)	$291,400 → $398,100 (+36.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,073 → $1,452 (+35.3%)	$1,014 → $1,408 (+38.9%)

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

Stillwater

Population

19,34119,323

Median household income

$91,350$109,297

Median home value

$291,400$398,100

Median gross rent

$1,014$1,408

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Oakdale	Stillwater
Under 5	5.2%	4.1%
5 to 17	16.0%	17.8%
18 to 24	9.0%	7.5%
25 to 34	14.9%	11.9%
35 to 44	8.6%	11.9%
45 to 54	13.6%	11.5%
55 to 64	15.2%	15.2%
65 to 74	9.3%	11.5%
75 and over	8.0%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oakdale	Stillwater
White (non-Hispanic)	67.4%	84.0%
Black or African American	8.6%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.2%
Asian	13.0%	3.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.5%
Two or more races	5.5%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	4.9%	7.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oakdale	Stillwater
No high school diploma	6.2%	3.5%
High school graduate	27.1%	17.4%
Some college or associate's	33.0%	28.3%
Bachelor's degree	23.4%	30.2%
Graduate or professional degree	10.3%	20.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oakdale	Stillwater
Drove alone	69.6%	69.9%
Carpooled	9.5%	6.9%
Public transit	1.2%	0.7%
Walked	0.6%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.1%
Worked from home	17.6%	19.7%
Other means	0.9%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oakdale	Stillwater
1-unit, detached	57.8%	64.0%
1-unit, attached	22.2%	15.8%
2 to 4 units	2.0%	6.3%
5 to 19 units	2.0%	2.6%
20 or more units	14.6%	11.0%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Oakdale	Stillwater
Poverty rate	6.0%	7.7%
Average household size	2.42	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	24	21
Median year structure built	1987	1982