Great Bend vs Oakland

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

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

Great Bend has the higher population (600 vs 523 in Oakland). Oakland has the higher median household income ($51,250 vs $45,750 in Great Bend). Great Bend has the higher median home value ($148,400 vs $97,100 in Oakland).

Population, income & housing

	Great Bend	Oakland
Population	600	523
Median age	57.2 yrs	33.4 yrs
Median household income	$45,750	$51,250
Median home value	$148,400	$97,100
Median gross rent	$748	$714
Housing units	337	213
Homeownership rate	64.4%	71.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.7%	13.6%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	14.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Great Bend	Oakland
Population	973 → 600 (-38.3%)	615 → 523 (-15.0%)
Median household income	$41,786 → $45,750 (+9.5%)	$47,159 → $51,250 (+8.7%)
Median home value	$114,500 → $148,400 (+29.6%)	$74,300 → $97,100 (+30.7%)
Median gross rent	$852 → $748 (-12.2%)	$666 → $714 (+7.2%)

Great Bend

Population

973600

Median household income

$41,786$45,750

Median home value

$114,500$148,400

Median gross rent

$852$748

Oakland

Population

615523

Median household income

$47,159$51,250

Median home value

$74,300$97,100

Median gross rent

$666$714

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Great Bend	Oakland
Under 5	1.2%	7.6%
5 to 17	11.7%	21.4%
18 to 24	6.7%	10.5%
25 to 34	8.5%	18.2%
35 to 44	10.2%	8.4%
45 to 54	8.5%	9.8%
55 to 64	20.7%	10.7%
65 to 74	20.0%	9.4%
75 and over	12.7%	4.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Great Bend	Oakland
White (non-Hispanic)	90.2%	94.6%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Great Bend	Oakland
No high school diploma	15.7%	8.9%
High school graduate	49.3%	54.1%
Some college or associate's	19.3%	23.4%
Bachelor's degree	10.1%	9.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Great Bend	Oakland
Drove alone	66.3%	81.3%
Carpooled	8.6%	12.6%
Public transit	0.8%	0.0%
Walked	2.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.0%	4.4%
Other means	0.8%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Great Bend	Oakland
1-unit, detached	59.9%	74.2%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	14.5%	17.8%
5 to 19 units	5.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	10.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.7%	8.0%

Poverty & households

	Great Bend	Oakland
Poverty rate	8.2%	20.2%
Average household size	1.96	2.78
Mean commute (minutes)	16	24
Median year structure built	1963	1938