Oakdale vs Sound Beach

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

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

Sound Beach has the higher population (7,207 vs 7,171 in Oakdale). Sound Beach has the higher median household income ($140,797 vs $129,809 in Oakdale). Oakdale has the higher median home value ($595,200 vs $384,100 in Sound Beach).

Population, income & housing

	Oakdale	Sound Beach
Population	7,171	7,207
Median age	48.2 yrs	41.0 yrs
Median household income	$129,809	$140,797
Median home value	$595,200	$384,100
Median gross rent	$2,336	$2,798
Housing units	2,928	2,787
Homeownership rate	83.1%	85.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	49.9%	47.4%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	6.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oakdale	Sound Beach
Population	6,984 → 7,171 (+2.7%)	7,821 → 7,207 (-7.9%)
Median household income	$102,250 → $129,809 (+27.0%)	$102,017 → $140,797 (+38.0%)
Median home value	$423,900 → $595,200 (+40.4%)	$309,600 → $384,100 (+24.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,466 → $2,336 (+59.3%)	$1,429 → $2,798 (+95.8%)

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

Sound Beach

Population

7,8217,207

Median household income

$102,017$140,797

Median home value

$309,600$384,100

Median gross rent

$1,429$2,798

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Oakdale	Sound Beach
Under 5	3.2%	2.6%
5 to 17	10.5%	17.6%
18 to 24	10.2%	10.2%
25 to 34	15.8%	11.4%
35 to 44	7.2%	13.9%
45 to 54	15.1%	18.4%
55 to 64	16.3%	15.1%
65 to 74	11.1%	7.2%
75 and over	10.6%	3.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oakdale	Sound Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	85.0%	83.2%
Black or African American	4.4%	3.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	1.5%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.5%
Two or more races	4.5%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	7.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oakdale	Sound Beach
No high school diploma	2.9%	1.1%
High school graduate	21.4%	23.2%
Some college or associate's	25.8%	28.3%
Bachelor's degree	26.5%	23.5%
Graduate or professional degree	23.4%	23.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oakdale	Sound Beach
Drove alone	80.5%	80.3%
Carpooled	7.0%	7.3%
Public transit	1.4%	4.2%
Walked	0.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.2%	6.0%
Other means	0.2%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oakdale	Sound Beach
1-unit, detached	68.2%	98.1%
1-unit, attached	6.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.1%	0.9%
5 to 19 units	16.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Oakdale	Sound Beach
Poverty rate	5.0%	2.6%
Average household size	2.63	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	29	38
Median year structure built	1970	1958