Brandon vs Oakfield

A side-by-side comparison of Brandon and Oakfield: population, income, housing, and more.

Brandon and Oakfield are places in Wisconsin. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Oakfield has the higher population (1,219 vs 914 in Brandon). Oakfield has the higher median household income ($100,417 vs $76,964 in Brandon). Oakfield has the higher median home value ($229,700 vs $156,100 in Brandon).

Population, income & housing

	Brandon	Oakfield
Population	914	1,219
Median age	37.7 yrs	41.9 yrs
Median household income	$76,964	$100,417
Median home value	$156,100	$229,700
Median gross rent	$806	$916
Housing units	358	525
Homeownership rate	65.0%	79.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.0%	26.8%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brandon	Oakfield
Population	924 → 914 (-1.1%)	1,024 → 1,219 (+19.0%)
Median household income	$71,029 → $76,964 (+8.4%)	$68,750 → $100,417 (+46.1%)
Median home value	$124,500 → $156,100 (+25.4%)	$163,100 → $229,700 (+40.8%)
Median gross rent	$666 → $806 (+21.0%)	$720 → $916 (+27.2%)

Brandon

Population

924914

Median household income

$71,029$76,964

Median home value

$124,500$156,100

Median gross rent

$666$806

Oakfield

Population

1,0241,219

Median household income

$68,750$100,417

Median home value

$163,100$229,700

Median gross rent

$720$916

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brandon	Oakfield
Under 5	2.1%	5.1%
5 to 17	28.4%	17.1%
18 to 24	8.3%	7.1%
25 to 34	8.2%	11.6%
35 to 44	14.7%	13.6%
45 to 54	14.8%	11.3%
55 to 64	14.6%	13.1%
65 to 74	5.0%	8.4%
75 and over	3.9%	12.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brandon	Oakfield
White (non-Hispanic)	76.6%	90.7%
Black or African American	10.4%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.2%	0.5%
Two or more races	8.0%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	3.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brandon	Oakfield
No high school diploma	6.1%	4.2%
High school graduate	41.0%	41.2%
Some college or associate's	32.9%	27.8%
Bachelor's degree	16.3%	22.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brandon	Oakfield
Drove alone	85.4%	83.9%
Carpooled	5.6%	5.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	0.4%
Bicycle	1.2%	1.6%
Worked from home	4.0%	8.4%
Other means	2.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brandon	Oakfield
1-unit, detached	73.5%	87.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.5%	4.4%
5 to 19 units	16.5%	7.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Brandon	Oakfield
Poverty rate	8.1%	6.5%
Average household size	2.60	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	25	22
Median year structure built	1938	1960