Oakland vs West Pittsburg

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

Oakland and West Pittsburg 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 (1,309 vs 949 in West Pittsburg). Oakland has the higher median household income ($68,864 vs $41,841 in West Pittsburg). Oakland has the higher median home value ($111,800 vs $101,300 in West Pittsburg).

Population, income & housing

	Oakland	West Pittsburg
Population	1,309	949
Median age	34.6 yrs	46.6 yrs
Median household income	$68,864	$41,841
Median home value	$111,800	$101,300
Median gross rent	$1,075	$769
Housing units	722	510
Homeownership rate	78.7%	62.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.7%	9.4%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oakland	West Pittsburg
Population	1,579 → 1,309 (-17.1%)	679 → 949 (+39.8%)
Median household income	$54,605 → $68,864 (+26.1%)	$41,667 → $41,841 (+0.4%)
Median home value	$85,900 → $111,800 (+30.2%)	$74,000 → $101,300 (+36.9%)
Median gross rent	$952 → $1,075 (+12.9%)	$548 → $769 (+40.3%)

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

West Pittsburg

Population

679949

Median household income

$41,667$41,841

Median home value

$74,000$101,300

Median gross rent

$548$769

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Oakland	West Pittsburg
Under 5	8.2%	0.5%
5 to 17	11.5%	21.2%
18 to 24	12.6%	8.6%
25 to 34	18.5%	3.8%
35 to 44	9.5%	15.2%
45 to 54	11.2%	5.4%
55 to 64	17.1%	18.3%
65 to 74	7.8%	14.9%
75 and over	3.7%	12.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oakland	West Pittsburg
White (non-Hispanic)	79.7%	98.1%
Black or African American	2.6%	0.4%
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%	0.4%
Two or more races	16.3%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oakland	West Pittsburg
No high school diploma	6.5%	11.2%
High school graduate	35.9%	48.6%
Some college or associate's	32.9%	30.9%
Bachelor's degree	17.4%	6.4%
Graduate or professional degree	7.3%	3.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oakland	West Pittsburg
Drove alone	73.3%	76.3%
Carpooled	8.9%	10.5%
Public transit	3.0%	0.8%
Walked	1.2%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.7%	11.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oakland	West Pittsburg
1-unit, detached	92.4%	74.9%
1-unit, attached	4.2%	6.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.7%
Mobile home & other	3.5%	8.2%

Poverty & households

	Oakland	West Pittsburg
Poverty rate	6.5%	10.9%
Average household size	2.17	2.02
Mean commute (minutes)	18	23
Median year structure built	1950	1961