Ellwood City vs Oakland

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

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

Ellwood City has the higher population (7,575 vs 1,309 in Oakland). Oakland has the higher median household income ($68,864 vs $62,266 in Ellwood City). Ellwood City has the higher median home value ($120,400 vs $111,800 in Oakland).

Population, income & housing

	Ellwood City	Oakland
Population	7,575	1,309
Median age	45.9 yrs	34.6 yrs
Median household income	$62,266	$68,864
Median home value	$120,400	$111,800
Median gross rent	$836	$1,075
Housing units	4,020	722
Homeownership rate	71.5%	78.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.5%	24.7%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ellwood City	Oakland
Population	7,679 → 7,575 (-1.4%)	1,579 → 1,309 (-17.1%)
Median household income	$46,250 → $62,266 (+34.6%)	$54,605 → $68,864 (+26.1%)
Median home value	$97,700 → $120,400 (+23.2%)	$85,900 → $111,800 (+30.2%)
Median gross rent	$675 → $836 (+23.9%)	$952 → $1,075 (+12.9%)

Ellwood City

Population

7,6797,575

Median household income

$46,250$62,266

Median home value

$97,700$120,400

Median gross rent

$675$836

Oakland

Population

1,5791,309

Median household income

$54,605$68,864

Median home value

$85,900$111,800

Median gross rent

$952$1,075

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ellwood City	Oakland
Under 5	4.6%	8.2%
5 to 17	11.9%	11.5%
18 to 24	8.4%	12.6%
25 to 34	13.4%	18.5%
35 to 44	11.1%	9.5%
45 to 54	11.8%	11.2%
55 to 64	17.5%	17.1%
65 to 74	12.5%	7.8%
75 and over	8.8%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ellwood City	Oakland
White (non-Hispanic)	94.5%	79.7%
Black or African American	1.4%	2.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	16.3%
Hispanic or Latino	2.2%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ellwood City	Oakland
No high school diploma	7.9%	6.5%
High school graduate	40.0%	35.9%
Some college or associate's	28.6%	32.9%
Bachelor's degree	18.6%	17.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	7.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ellwood City	Oakland
Drove alone	72.4%	73.3%
Carpooled	14.1%	8.9%
Public transit	0.0%	3.0%
Walked	3.7%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.0%	13.7%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ellwood City	Oakland
1-unit, detached	77.0%	92.4%
1-unit, attached	6.0%	4.2%
2 to 4 units	10.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.5%

Poverty & households

	Ellwood City	Oakland
Poverty rate	10.2%	6.5%
Average household size	2.02	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	25	18
Median year structure built	1945	1950