Glendale vs Oakdale

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

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

Oakdale has the higher population (1,465 vs 1,420 in Glendale). Oakdale has the higher median household income ($94,107 vs $80,585 in Glendale). Oakdale has the higher median home value ($175,500 vs $133,200 in Glendale).

Population, income & housing

	Glendale	Oakdale
Population	1,420	1,465
Median age	54.0 yrs	44.6 yrs
Median household income	$80,585	$94,107
Median home value	$133,200	$175,500
Median gross rent	$1,174	$1,076
Housing units	781	690
Homeownership rate	67.1%	81.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.9%	28.6%
Unemployment rate	0.2%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Glendale	Oakdale
Population	—	1,505 → 1,465 (-2.7%)
Median household income	—	$70,662 → $94,107 (+33.2%)
Median home value	—	$139,600 → $175,500 (+25.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$728 → $1,076 (+47.8%)

Glendale

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)

	Glendale	Oakdale
Under 5	2.1%	5.3%
5 to 17	3.8%	11.6%
18 to 24	5.1%	4.0%
25 to 34	16.8%	15.9%
35 to 44	18.1%	14.4%
45 to 54	8.5%	16.0%
55 to 64	20.4%	12.6%
65 to 74	18.5%	11.3%
75 and over	6.8%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Glendale	Oakdale
White (non-Hispanic)	87.1%	90.5%
Black or African American	0.1%	3.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	7.3%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.5%	5.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Glendale	Oakdale
No high school diploma	6.2%	4.2%
High school graduate	32.9%	35.9%
Some college or associate's	31.0%	31.3%
Bachelor's degree	23.3%	17.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.7%	11.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Glendale	Oakdale
Drove alone	77.3%	78.8%
Carpooled	4.6%	10.8%
Public transit	2.2%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.7%
Bicycle	1.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.8%	7.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Glendale	Oakdale
1-unit, detached	70.4%	86.2%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	17.9%	3.9%
5 to 19 units	8.2%	6.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Glendale	Oakdale
Poverty rate	3.2%	8.4%
Average household size	1.97	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	32	24
Median year structure built	1938	1947