Elba vs Oakfield

A side-by-side comparison of Elba and Oakfield: population, income, housing, and more.

Elba and Oakfield are places in New York. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Oakfield has the higher population (1,683 vs 464 in Elba). Elba has the higher median household income ($67,321 vs $65,833 in Oakfield). Elba has the higher median home value ($135,900 vs $131,200 in Oakfield).

Population, income & housing

	Elba	Oakfield
Population	464	1,683
Median age	39.7 yrs	38.1 yrs
Median household income	$67,321	$65,833
Median home value	$135,900	$131,200
Median gross rent	$763	$720
Housing units	220	635
Homeownership rate	87.1%	67.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.4%	22.1%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elba	Oakfield
Population	649 → 464 (-28.5%)	1,718 → 1,683 (-2.0%)
Median household income	$61,417 → $67,321 (+9.6%)	$52,750 → $65,833 (+24.8%)
Median home value	$117,600 → $135,900 (+15.6%)	$92,200 → $131,200 (+42.3%)
Median gross rent	$790 → $763 (-3.4%)	$745 → $720 (-3.4%)

Elba

Population

649464

Median household income

$61,417$67,321

Median home value

$117,600$135,900

Median gross rent

$790$763

Oakfield

Population

1,7181,683

Median household income

$52,750$65,833

Median home value

$92,200$131,200

Median gross rent

$745$720

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elba	Oakfield
Under 5	5.0%	6.1%
5 to 17	17.2%	19.5%
18 to 24	4.3%	8.7%
25 to 34	18.8%	9.0%
35 to 44	9.9%	15.0%
45 to 54	12.7%	12.8%
55 to 64	15.5%	15.4%
65 to 74	9.7%	8.3%
75 and over	6.9%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elba	Oakfield
White (non-Hispanic)	85.1%	80.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.7%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.3%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	7.3%	12.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elba	Oakfield
No high school diploma	8.2%	13.7%
High school graduate	34.6%	37.7%
Some college or associate's	35.8%	26.5%
Bachelor's degree	15.8%	12.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	9.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elba	Oakfield
Drove alone	82.0%	77.7%
Carpooled	3.3%	8.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.5%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.4%
Worked from home	6.3%	10.0%
Other means	5.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elba	Oakfield
1-unit, detached	86.8%	67.7%
1-unit, attached	5.5%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	7.7%	20.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Elba	Oakfield
Poverty rate	6.0%	14.5%
Average household size	2.22	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	23	26
Median year structure built	1938	1938