Oakland vs Wellston

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

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

Wellston has the higher population (1,690 vs 1,619 in Oakland). Oakland has the higher median household income ($118,438 vs $39,474 in Wellston). Since 2019, Oakland's population has grown faster (-5.5% vs -12.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Oakland	Wellston
Population	1,619	1,690
Median age	52.5 yrs	38.3 yrs
Median household income	$118,438	$39,474
Median home value	$381,900	—
Median gross rent	$2,063	$1,053
Housing units	630	1,045
Homeownership rate	75.8%	51.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	58.1%	9.9%
Unemployment rate	7.0%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oakland	Wellston
Population	1,713 → 1,619 (-5.5%)	1,932 → 1,690 (-12.5%)
Median household income	$107,500 → $118,438 (+10.2%)	$25,355 → $39,474 (+55.7%)
Median home value	$318,500 → $381,900 (+19.9%)	$38,000 → $34,000 (-10.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,176 → $2,063 (+75.4%)	$928 → $1,053 (+13.5%)

Oakland

Population

1,7131,619

Median household income

$107,500$118,438

Median home value

$318,500$381,900

Median gross rent

$1,176$2,063

Wellston

Population

1,9321,690

Median household income

$25,355$39,474

Median home value

$38,000$34,000

Median gross rent

$928$1,053

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Oakland	Wellston
Under 5	3.5%	5.2%
5 to 17	14.7%	19.3%
18 to 24	4.2%	4.0%
25 to 34	9.0%	14.0%
35 to 44	9.0%	12.2%
45 to 54	12.7%	11.1%
55 to 64	8.9%	24.6%
65 to 74	11.2%	6.2%
75 and over	26.9%	3.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oakland	Wellston
White (non-Hispanic)	91.5%	4.0%
Black or African American	1.9%	91.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oakland	Wellston
No high school diploma	2.9%	11.8%
High school graduate	16.1%	52.3%
Some college or associate's	22.8%	26.0%
Bachelor's degree	34.7%	7.4%
Graduate or professional degree	23.4%	2.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oakland	Wellston
Drove alone	75.0%	80.5%
Carpooled	4.9%	3.4%
Public transit	0.5%	12.6%
Walked	0.3%	0.5%
Bicycle	1.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.3%	3.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oakland	Wellston
1-unit, detached	78.7%	68.8%
1-unit, attached	10.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.2%	16.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	9.1%
20 or more units	5.7%	4.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Oakland	Wellston
Poverty rate	4.1%	35.0%
Average household size	2.34	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	19	20
Median year structure built	1955	1952