Oakdale vs Sturgeon

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

Oakdale and Sturgeon 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 1,353 in Sturgeon). Sturgeon has the higher median household income ($156,389 vs $94,107 in Oakdale). Sturgeon has the higher median home value ($258,800 vs $175,500 in Oakdale).

Population, income & housing

	Oakdale	Sturgeon
Population	1,465	1,353
Median age	44.6 yrs	39.3 yrs
Median household income	$94,107	$156,389
Median home value	$175,500	$258,800
Median gross rent	$1,076	—
Housing units	690	535
Homeownership rate	81.4%	94.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.6%	46.0%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oakdale	Sturgeon
Population	1,505 → 1,465 (-2.7%)	1,580 → 1,353 (-14.4%)
Median household income	$70,662 → $94,107 (+33.2%)	$75,859 → $156,389 (+106.2%)
Median home value	$139,600 → $175,500 (+25.7%)	$164,800 → $258,800 (+57.0%)
Median gross rent	$728 → $1,076 (+47.8%)	—

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

Sturgeon

Population

1,5801,353

Median household income

$75,859$156,389

Median home value

$164,800$258,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Oakdale	Sturgeon
Under 5	5.3%	1.0%
5 to 17	11.6%	22.7%
18 to 24	4.0%	4.1%
25 to 34	15.9%	13.1%
35 to 44	14.4%	19.7%
45 to 54	16.0%	10.9%
55 to 64	12.6%	13.3%
65 to 74	11.3%	9.8%
75 and over	8.8%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oakdale	Sturgeon
White (non-Hispanic)	90.5%	93.3%
Black or African American	3.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	6.7%
Two or more races	5.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oakdale	Sturgeon
No high school diploma	4.2%	1.1%
High school graduate	35.9%	27.3%
Some college or associate's	31.3%	25.6%
Bachelor's degree	17.0%	38.5%
Graduate or professional degree	11.6%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oakdale	Sturgeon
Drove alone	78.8%	69.8%
Carpooled	10.8%	2.0%
Public transit	0.0%	2.9%
Walked	2.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.8%	25.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oakdale	Sturgeon
1-unit, detached	86.2%	74.6%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	6.8%	12.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	13.3%

Poverty & households

	Oakdale	Sturgeon
Poverty rate	8.4%	1.0%
Average household size	2.23	2.88
Mean commute (minutes)	24	23
Median year structure built	1947	1990