Oakdale vs Woodbury

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

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

Woodbury has the higher population (76,945 vs 28,109 in Oakdale). Woodbury has the higher median household income ($126,222 vs $90,379 in Oakdale). Woodbury has the higher median home value ($434,900 vs $305,900 in Oakdale).

Population, income & housing

	Oakdale	Woodbury
Population	28,109	76,945
Median age	41.3 yrs	37.9 yrs
Median household income	$90,379	$126,222
Median home value	$305,900	$434,900
Median gross rent	$1,452	$1,827
Housing units	11,744	29,147
Homeownership rate	77.4%	78.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.6%	63.2%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oakdale	Woodbury
Population	27,963 → 28,109 (+0.5%)	69,906 → 76,945 (+10.1%)
Median household income	$72,511 → $90,379 (+24.6%)	$108,539 → $126,222 (+16.3%)
Median home value	$227,700 → $305,900 (+34.3%)	$323,000 → $434,900 (+34.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,073 → $1,452 (+35.3%)	$1,525 → $1,827 (+19.8%)

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

Woodbury

Population

69,90676,945

Median household income

$108,539$126,222

Median home value

$323,000$434,900

Median gross rent

$1,525$1,827

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Oakdale	Woodbury
Under 5	5.2%	5.3%
5 to 17	16.0%	21.0%
18 to 24	9.0%	8.1%
25 to 34	14.9%	11.2%
35 to 44	8.6%	15.4%
45 to 54	13.6%	13.9%
55 to 64	15.2%	12.2%
65 to 74	9.3%	8.3%
75 and over	8.0%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oakdale	Woodbury
White (non-Hispanic)	67.4%	71.7%
Black or African American	8.6%	6.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.2%
Asian	13.0%	12.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.9%
Two or more races	5.5%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	4.9%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oakdale	Woodbury
No high school diploma	6.2%	2.1%
High school graduate	27.1%	11.3%
Some college or associate's	33.0%	23.4%
Bachelor's degree	23.4%	40.4%
Graduate or professional degree	10.3%	22.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oakdale	Woodbury
Drove alone	69.6%	64.3%
Carpooled	9.5%	7.8%
Public transit	1.2%	1.2%
Walked	0.6%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.1%
Worked from home	17.6%	24.7%
Other means	0.9%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oakdale	Woodbury
1-unit, detached	57.8%	57.8%
1-unit, attached	22.2%	25.4%
2 to 4 units	2.0%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	2.0%	3.3%
20 or more units	14.6%	10.1%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Oakdale	Woodbury
Poverty rate	6.0%	4.9%
Average household size	2.42	2.68
Mean commute (minutes)	24	24
Median year structure built	1987	1997