Blawnox vs Oakdale

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

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

Blawnox has the higher population (1,469 vs 1,465 in Oakdale). Oakdale has the higher median household income ($94,107 vs $50,667 in Blawnox). Blawnox has the higher median home value ($181,600 vs $175,500 in Oakdale).

Population, income & housing

	Blawnox	Oakdale
Population	1,469	1,465
Median age	51.8 yrs	44.6 yrs
Median household income	$50,667	$94,107
Median home value	$181,600	$175,500
Median gross rent	$785	$1,076
Housing units	985	690
Homeownership rate	39.0%	81.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.7%	28.6%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blawnox	Oakdale
Population	1,606 → 1,469 (-8.5%)	1,505 → 1,465 (-2.7%)
Median household income	$39,091 → $50,667 (+29.6%)	$70,662 → $94,107 (+33.2%)
Median home value	$130,900 → $181,600 (+38.7%)	$139,600 → $175,500 (+25.7%)
Median gross rent	$742 → $785 (+5.8%)	$728 → $1,076 (+47.8%)

Blawnox

Population

1,6061,469

Median household income

$39,091$50,667

Median home value

$130,900$181,600

Median gross rent

$742$785

Oakdale

Population

1,5051,465

Median household income

$70,662$94,107

Median home value

$139,600$175,500

Median gross rent

$728$1,076

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blawnox	Oakdale
Under 5	2.9%	5.3%
5 to 17	8.0%	11.6%
18 to 24	4.0%	4.0%
25 to 34	15.2%	15.9%
35 to 44	8.0%	14.4%
45 to 54	14.8%	16.0%
55 to 64	16.2%	12.6%
65 to 74	18.8%	11.3%
75 and over	12.0%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blawnox	Oakdale
White (non-Hispanic)	84.3%	90.5%
Black or African American	0.8%	3.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	10.6%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.4%	5.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blawnox	Oakdale
No high school diploma	6.8%	4.2%
High school graduate	25.3%	35.9%
Some college or associate's	21.2%	31.3%
Bachelor's degree	24.3%	17.0%
Graduate or professional degree	22.3%	11.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blawnox	Oakdale
Drove alone	64.3%	78.8%
Carpooled	3.4%	10.8%
Public transit	8.2%	0.0%
Walked	8.9%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.3%	7.8%
Other means	4.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blawnox	Oakdale
1-unit, detached	22.9%	86.2%
1-unit, attached	21.6%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	16.3%	3.9%
5 to 19 units	17.7%	6.8%
20 or more units	21.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Blawnox	Oakdale
Poverty rate	20.7%	8.4%
Average household size	1.63	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	21	24
Median year structure built	1951	1947