Oakland vs Wedgefield

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

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

Wedgefield has the higher population (1,480 vs 901 in Oakland). Oakland has the higher median household income ($61,875 vs $41,662 in Wedgefield). Oakland has the higher median home value ($109,500 vs $50,500 in Wedgefield).

Population, income & housing

	Oakland	Wedgefield
Population	901	1,480
Median age	40.8 yrs	35.8 yrs
Median household income	$61,875	$41,662
Median home value	$109,500	$50,500
Housing units	493	742
Homeownership rate	60.6%	73.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.0%	21.8%
Unemployment rate	8.5%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oakland	Wedgefield
Population	1,088 → 901 (-17.2%)	1,994 → 1,480 (-25.8%)
Median household income	$46,729 → $61,875 (+32.4%)	$45,878 → $41,662 (-9.2%)
Median home value	$94,200 → $109,500 (+16.2%)	$84,100 → $50,500 (-40.0%)
Median gross rent	$758 → $880 (+16.1%)	$792 → $1,066 (+34.6%)

Oakland

Population

1,088901

Median household income

$46,729$61,875

Median home value

$94,200$109,500

Median gross rent

$758$880

Wedgefield

Population

1,9941,480

Median household income

$45,878$41,662

Median home value

$84,100$50,500

Median gross rent

$792$1,066

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Oakland	Wedgefield
Under 5	12.7%	3.2%
5 to 17	11.2%	13.3%
18 to 24	7.7%	17.5%
25 to 34	15.2%	13.9%
35 to 44	4.0%	14.2%
45 to 54	23.5%	14.4%
55 to 64	9.1%	13.1%
65 to 74	5.0%	7.2%
75 and over	11.7%	3.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oakland	Wedgefield
White (non-Hispanic)	37.6%	66.8%
Black or African American	41.8%	28.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.8%
Asian	0.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	9.0%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	10.7%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oakland	Wedgefield
No high school diploma	3.7%	5.9%
High school graduate	24.0%	31.6%
Some college or associate's	43.3%	40.7%
Bachelor's degree	5.8%	17.8%
Graduate or professional degree	23.2%	4.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oakland	Wedgefield
Drove alone	100.0%	94.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	5.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oakland	Wedgefield
1-unit, detached	67.1%	26.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	20.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.0%	74.0%

Poverty & households

	Oakland	Wedgefield
Poverty rate	21.5%	18.7%
Average household size	2.08	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	36	34
Median year structure built	1978	1991