Ferndale vs Oakland

A side-by-side comparison of Ferndale and Oakland: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Oakland has the higher population (1,732 vs 1,537 in Ferndale). Oakland has the higher median household income ($67,557 vs $56,951 in Ferndale). Oakland has the higher median home value ($96,700 vs $81,600 in Ferndale).

Population, income & housing

	Ferndale	Oakland
Population	1,537	1,732
Median age	42.8 yrs	52.1 yrs
Median household income	$56,951	$67,557
Median home value	$81,600	$96,700
Median gross rent	$836	$764
Housing units	768	829
Homeownership rate	66.1%	85.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.4%	20.6%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ferndale	Oakland
Population	1,565 → 1,537 (-1.8%)	1,422 → 1,732 (+21.8%)
Median household income	$42,647 → $56,951 (+33.5%)	$49,896 → $67,557 (+35.4%)
Median home value	$66,200 → $81,600 (+23.3%)	$87,500 → $96,700 (+10.5%)
Median gross rent	$652 → $836 (+28.2%)	$694 → $764 (+10.1%)

Ferndale

Population

1,5651,537

Median household income

$42,647$56,951

Median home value

$66,200$81,600

Median gross rent

$652$836

Oakland

Population

1,4221,732

Median household income

$49,896$67,557

Median home value

$87,500$96,700

Median gross rent

$694$764

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ferndale	Oakland
Under 5	7.0%	4.8%
5 to 17	12.0%	6.8%
18 to 24	8.2%	8.4%
25 to 34	15.4%	15.5%
35 to 44	10.1%	12.5%
45 to 54	13.6%	6.5%
55 to 64	13.0%	18.8%
65 to 74	15.3%	18.8%
75 and over	5.4%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ferndale	Oakland
White (non-Hispanic)	88.2%	93.0%
Black or African American	5.1%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	1.7%
Two or more races	5.2%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ferndale	Oakland
No high school diploma	3.3%	5.3%
High school graduate	45.5%	48.2%
Some college or associate's	27.8%	25.9%
Bachelor's degree	16.3%	16.5%
Graduate or professional degree	7.1%	4.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ferndale	Oakland
Drove alone	77.0%	82.4%
Carpooled	6.6%	8.1%
Public transit	1.4%	0.0%
Walked	3.7%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.3%	7.6%
Other means	2.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ferndale	Oakland
1-unit, detached	72.7%	86.5%
1-unit, attached	15.4%	4.3%
2 to 4 units	11.6%	9.2%
5 to 19 units	0.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Ferndale	Oakland
Poverty rate	11.0%	9.0%
Average household size	2.29	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	21	18
Median year structure built	1947	1955