New Wilmington vs Oakland

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

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

New Wilmington has the higher population (2,291 vs 1,309 in Oakland). Oakland has the higher median household income ($68,864 vs $57,159 in New Wilmington). New Wilmington has the higher median home value ($204,300 vs $111,800 in Oakland).

Population, income & housing

	New Wilmington	Oakland
Population	2,291	1,309
Median age	21.6 yrs	34.6 yrs
Median household income	$57,159	$68,864
Median home value	$204,300	$111,800
Median gross rent	$888	$1,075
Housing units	572	722
Homeownership rate	53.3%	78.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.5%	24.7%
Unemployment rate	0.7%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	New Wilmington	Oakland
Population	2,186 → 2,291 (+4.8%)	1,579 → 1,309 (-17.1%)
Median household income	$63,333 → $57,159 (-9.7%)	$54,605 → $68,864 (+26.1%)
Median home value	$173,800 → $204,300 (+17.5%)	$85,900 → $111,800 (+30.2%)
Median gross rent	$800 → $888 (+11.0%)	$952 → $1,075 (+12.9%)

New Wilmington

Population

2,1862,291

Median household income

$63,333$57,159

Median home value

$173,800$204,300

Median gross rent

$800$888

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)

	New Wilmington	Oakland
Under 5	1.7%	8.2%
5 to 17	9.4%	11.5%
18 to 24	52.9%	12.6%
25 to 34	2.8%	18.5%
35 to 44	6.5%	9.5%
45 to 54	4.5%	11.2%
55 to 64	6.0%	17.1%
65 to 74	5.8%	7.8%
75 and over	10.3%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	New Wilmington	Oakland
White (non-Hispanic)	83.3%	79.7%
Black or African American	7.9%	2.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.6%	16.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.9%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	New Wilmington	Oakland
No high school diploma	6.1%	6.5%
High school graduate	28.7%	35.9%
Some college or associate's	18.7%	32.9%
Bachelor's degree	24.6%	17.4%
Graduate or professional degree	21.9%	7.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	New Wilmington	Oakland
Drove alone	64.3%	73.3%
Carpooled	5.9%	8.9%
Public transit	0.4%	3.0%
Walked	20.6%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.8%	13.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	New Wilmington	Oakland
1-unit, detached	60.3%	92.4%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	4.2%
2 to 4 units	23.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	8.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	6.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.5%

Poverty & households

	New Wilmington	Oakland
Poverty rate	9.7%	6.5%
Average household size	2.27	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	15	18
Median year structure built	1953	1950