Coalfield vs Oakdale

A side-by-side comparison of Coalfield and Oakdale: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Coalfield has the higher population (2,782 vs 189 in Oakdale). Coalfield has the higher median household income ($88,026 vs $51,875 in Oakdale). Coalfield has the higher median home value ($190,600 vs $95,400 in Oakdale).

Population, income & housing

	Coalfield	Oakdale
Population	2,782	189
Median age	37.9 yrs	50.3 yrs
Median household income	$88,026	$51,875
Median home value	$190,600	$95,400
Median gross rent	$1,104	$617
Housing units	1,082	85
Homeownership rate	82.7%	91.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.4%	13.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Coalfield	Oakdale
Population	2,580 → 2,782 (+7.8%)	263 → 189 (-28.1%)
Median household income	$47,632 → $88,026 (+84.8%)	$45,114 → $51,875 (+15.0%)
Median home value	$127,100 → $190,600 (+50.0%)	$65,900 → $95,400 (+44.8%)
Median gross rent	$808 → $1,104 (+36.6%)	$475 → $617 (+29.9%)

Coalfield

Population

2,5802,782

Median household income

$47,632$88,026

Median home value

$127,100$190,600

Median gross rent

$808$1,104

Oakdale

Population

263189

Median household income

$45,114$51,875

Median home value

$65,900$95,400

Median gross rent

$475$617

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Coalfield	Oakdale
Under 5	3.1%	2.1%
5 to 17	26.5%	14.8%
18 to 24	5.1%	3.2%
25 to 34	10.5%	4.2%
35 to 44	12.4%	17.5%
45 to 54	16.5%	23.8%
55 to 64	7.5%	8.5%
65 to 74	11.0%	11.6%
75 and over	7.5%	14.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Coalfield	Oakdale
White (non-Hispanic)	98.8%	96.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
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	0.4%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Coalfield	Oakdale
No high school diploma	10.0%	32.5%
High school graduate	25.4%	36.4%
Some college or associate's	28.2%	17.9%
Bachelor's degree	20.3%	8.6%
Graduate or professional degree	16.2%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Coalfield	Oakdale
Drove alone	90.2%	96.8%
Carpooled	7.6%	3.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.2%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Coalfield	Oakdale
1-unit, detached	75.0%	69.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	25.0%	28.2%

Poverty & households

	Coalfield	Oakdale
Poverty rate	18.4%	8.8%
Average household size	3.10	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	33	36
Median year structure built	1990	1978