Oakdale vs Southold

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

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

Oakdale has the higher population (7,171 vs 6,600 in Southold). Oakdale has the higher median household income ($129,809 vs $114,743 in Southold). Southold has the higher median home value ($762,900 vs $595,200 in Oakdale).

Population, income & housing

	Oakdale	Southold
Population	7,171	6,600
Median age	48.2 yrs	51.9 yrs
Median household income	$129,809	$114,743
Median home value	$595,200	$762,900
Median gross rent	$2,336	$2,176
Housing units	2,928	4,013
Homeownership rate	83.1%	82.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	49.9%	51.8%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	6.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oakdale	Southold
Population	6,984 → 7,171 (+2.7%)	5,904 → 6,600 (+11.8%)
Median household income	$102,250 → $129,809 (+27.0%)	$77,386 → $114,743 (+48.3%)
Median home value	$423,900 → $595,200 (+40.4%)	$590,600 → $762,900 (+29.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,466 → $2,336 (+59.3%)	$1,822 → $2,176 (+19.4%)

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

Southold

Population

5,9046,600

Median household income

$77,386$114,743

Median home value

$590,600$762,900

Median gross rent

$1,822$2,176

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Oakdale	Southold
Under 5	3.2%	4.9%
5 to 17	10.5%	16.8%
18 to 24	10.2%	4.2%
25 to 34	15.8%	7.7%
35 to 44	7.2%	9.7%
45 to 54	15.1%	9.1%
55 to 64	16.3%	21.3%
65 to 74	11.1%	16.0%
75 and over	10.6%	10.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oakdale	Southold
White (non-Hispanic)	85.0%	76.8%
Black or African American	4.4%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	3.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.5%
Two or more races	4.5%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	16.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oakdale	Southold
No high school diploma	2.9%	9.7%
High school graduate	21.4%	17.9%
Some college or associate's	25.8%	20.7%
Bachelor's degree	26.5%	30.8%
Graduate or professional degree	23.4%	21.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oakdale	Southold
Drove alone	80.5%	67.9%
Carpooled	7.0%	12.8%
Public transit	1.4%	4.6%
Walked	0.4%	1.4%
Bicycle	1.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.2%	12.1%
Other means	0.2%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oakdale	Southold
1-unit, detached	68.2%	92.0%
1-unit, attached	6.9%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	5.1%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	16.3%	1.7%
20 or more units	3.4%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Oakdale	Southold
Poverty rate	5.0%	3.3%
Average household size	2.63	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	29	26
Median year structure built	1970	1971