Oakland vs Oakwood

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

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

Oakwood has the higher population (2,263 vs 1,309 in Oakland). Oakwood has the higher median household income ($72,273 vs $68,864 in Oakland). Oakwood has the higher median home value ($112,500 vs $111,800 in Oakland).

Population, income & housing

	Oakland	Oakwood
Population	1,309	2,263
Median age	34.6 yrs	45.0 yrs
Median household income	$68,864	$72,273
Median home value	$111,800	$112,500
Median gross rent	$1,075	$1,261
Housing units	722	964
Homeownership rate	78.7%	93.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.7%	21.4%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oakland	Oakwood
Population	1,579 → 1,309 (-17.1%)	2,233 → 2,263 (+1.3%)
Median household income	$54,605 → $68,864 (+26.1%)	$50,461 → $72,273 (+43.2%)
Median home value	$85,900 → $111,800 (+30.2%)	$85,700 → $112,500 (+31.3%)
Median gross rent	$952 → $1,075 (+12.9%)	$778 → $1,261 (+62.1%)

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

Oakwood

Population

2,2332,263

Median household income

$50,461$72,273

Median home value

$85,700$112,500

Median gross rent

$778$1,261

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Oakland	Oakwood
Under 5	8.2%	5.3%
5 to 17	11.5%	17.9%
18 to 24	12.6%	2.2%
25 to 34	18.5%	11.4%
35 to 44	9.5%	13.2%
45 to 54	11.2%	13.5%
55 to 64	17.1%	15.8%
65 to 74	7.8%	12.2%
75 and over	3.7%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oakland	Oakwood
White (non-Hispanic)	79.7%	89.5%
Black or African American	2.6%	5.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	16.3%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oakland	Oakwood
No high school diploma	6.5%	4.7%
High school graduate	35.9%	49.4%
Some college or associate's	32.9%	24.5%
Bachelor's degree	17.4%	17.8%
Graduate or professional degree	7.3%	3.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oakland	Oakwood
Drove alone	73.3%	73.2%
Carpooled	8.9%	8.1%
Public transit	3.0%	0.1%
Walked	1.2%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.7%	15.4%
Other means	0.0%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oakland	Oakwood
1-unit, detached	92.4%	92.1%
1-unit, attached	4.2%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.5%	6.2%

Poverty & households

	Oakland	Oakwood
Poverty rate	6.5%	9.0%
Average household size	2.17	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	18	21
Median year structure built	1950	1958