Northport vs Oakdale

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

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

Northport has the higher population (7,320 vs 7,171 in Oakdale). Northport has the higher median household income ($141,378 vs $129,809 in Oakdale). Northport has the higher median home value ($708,400 vs $595,200 in Oakdale).

Population, income & housing

	Northport	Oakdale
Population	7,320	7,171
Median age	52.2 yrs	48.2 yrs
Median household income	$141,378	$129,809
Median home value	$708,400	$595,200
Median gross rent	$2,070	$2,336
Housing units	3,254	2,928
Homeownership rate	83.8%	83.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	66.9%	49.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Northport	Oakdale
Population	7,328 → 7,320 (-0.1%)	6,984 → 7,171 (+2.7%)
Median household income	$114,375 → $141,378 (+23.6%)	$102,250 → $129,809 (+27.0%)
Median home value	$627,400 → $708,400 (+12.9%)	$423,900 → $595,200 (+40.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,618 → $2,070 (+27.9%)	$1,466 → $2,336 (+59.3%)

Northport

Population

7,3287,320

Median household income

$114,375$141,378

Median home value

$627,400$708,400

Median gross rent

$1,618$2,070

Oakdale

Population

6,9847,171

Median household income

$102,250$129,809

Median home value

$423,900$595,200

Median gross rent

$1,466$2,336

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Northport	Oakdale
Under 5	2.4%	3.2%
5 to 17	15.0%	10.5%
18 to 24	5.1%	10.2%
25 to 34	11.1%	15.8%
35 to 44	7.1%	7.2%
45 to 54	15.9%	15.1%
55 to 64	17.8%	16.3%
65 to 74	15.6%	11.1%
75 and over	9.9%	10.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Northport	Oakdale
White (non-Hispanic)	90.2%	85.0%
Black or African American	0.2%	4.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	7.1%	4.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Northport	Oakdale
No high school diploma	0.3%	2.9%
High school graduate	6.9%	21.4%
Some college or associate's	25.9%	25.8%
Bachelor's degree	36.2%	26.5%
Graduate or professional degree	30.7%	23.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Northport	Oakdale
Drove alone	75.6%	80.5%
Carpooled	3.7%	7.0%
Public transit	3.9%	1.4%
Walked	1.6%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.3%
Worked from home	14.2%	9.2%
Other means	1.0%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Northport	Oakdale
1-unit, detached	76.2%	68.2%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	6.9%
2 to 4 units	11.4%	5.1%
5 to 19 units	4.9%	16.3%
20 or more units	1.3%	3.4%
Mobile home & other	1.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Northport	Oakdale
Poverty rate	11.3%	5.0%
Average household size	2.38	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	30	29
Median year structure built	1956	1970