Oakland vs Piperton

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

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

Oakland has the higher population (9,544 vs 2,457 in Piperton). Piperton has the higher median household income ($125,982 vs $89,240 in Oakland). Piperton has the higher median home value ($550,200 vs $297,300 in Oakland).

Population, income & housing

	Oakland	Piperton
Population	9,544	2,457
Median age	40.6 yrs	57.1 yrs
Median household income	$89,240	$125,982
Median home value	$297,300	$550,200
Median gross rent	$1,815	$1,229
Housing units	3,900	1,061
Homeownership rate	88.1%	93.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.5%	47.3%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oakland	Piperton
Population	7,893 → 9,544 (+20.9%)	2,142 → 2,457 (+14.7%)
Median household income	$75,316 → $89,240 (+18.5%)	$96,250 → $125,982 (+30.9%)
Median home value	$185,800 → $297,300 (+60.0%)	$399,100 → $550,200 (+37.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,502 → $1,815 (+20.8%)	$885 → $1,229 (+38.9%)

Oakland

Population

7,8939,544

Median household income

$75,316$89,240

Median home value

$185,800$297,300

Median gross rent

$1,502$1,815

Piperton

Population

2,1422,457

Median household income

$96,250$125,982

Median home value

$399,100$550,200

Median gross rent

$885$1,229

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Oakland	Piperton
Under 5	7.0%	0.9%
5 to 17	14.4%	10.7%
18 to 24	4.5%	3.1%
25 to 34	13.8%	7.8%
35 to 44	13.9%	7.7%
45 to 54	13.0%	17.0%
55 to 64	15.8%	25.0%
65 to 74	10.7%	12.9%
75 and over	6.8%	15.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oakland	Piperton
White (non-Hispanic)	72.1%	79.3%
Black or African American	23.7%	15.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.7%
Two or more races	2.2%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oakland	Piperton
No high school diploma	4.1%	4.4%
High school graduate	30.5%	24.2%
Some college or associate's	34.9%	24.2%
Bachelor's degree	22.6%	23.5%
Graduate or professional degree	7.9%	23.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oakland	Piperton
Drove alone	69.3%	78.1%
Carpooled	15.7%	7.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.4%	12.9%
Other means	4.8%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oakland	Piperton
1-unit, detached	99.7%	96.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Oakland	Piperton
Poverty rate	6.2%	4.2%
Average household size	2.52	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	37	31
Median year structure built	2005	2003