Cashton vs Oakdale

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

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

Cashton has the higher population (1,243 vs 285 in Oakdale). Oakdale has the higher median household income ($86,563 vs $68,594 in Cashton). Oakdale has the higher median home value ($187,500 vs $145,400 in Cashton).

Population, income & housing

	Cashton	Oakdale
Population	1,243	285
Median age	37.1 yrs	46.9 yrs
Median household income	$68,594	$86,563
Median home value	$145,400	$187,500
Median gross rent	$892	$588
Housing units	611	168
Homeownership rate	84.8%	84.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.0%	21.0%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	0.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cashton	Oakdale
Population	938 → 1,243 (+32.5%)	277 → 285 (+2.9%)
Median household income	$58,750 → $68,594 (+16.8%)	$58,750 → $86,563 (+47.3%)
Median home value	$113,000 → $145,400 (+28.7%)	$132,100 → $187,500 (+41.9%)
Median gross rent	$667 → $892 (+33.7%)	$489 → $588 (+20.2%)

Cashton

Population

9381,243

Median household income

$58,750$68,594

Median home value

$113,000$145,400

Median gross rent

$667$892

Oakdale

Population

277285

Median household income

$58,750$86,563

Median home value

$132,100$187,500

Median gross rent

$489$588

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cashton	Oakdale
Under 5	8.2%	0.7%
5 to 17	22.4%	20.4%
18 to 24	6.7%	7.0%
25 to 34	9.3%	6.0%
35 to 44	14.3%	14.4%
45 to 54	12.4%	13.0%
55 to 64	7.8%	14.7%
65 to 74	14.3%	18.9%
75 and over	4.5%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cashton	Oakdale
White (non-Hispanic)	67.2%	88.1%
Black or African American	1.2%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	8.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	28.1%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cashton	Oakdale
No high school diploma	11.3%	10.7%
High school graduate	45.7%	34.6%
Some college or associate's	23.0%	33.7%
Bachelor's degree	12.6%	20.0%
Graduate or professional degree	7.4%	1.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cashton	Oakdale
Drove alone	78.2%	61.4%
Carpooled	7.9%	7.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	7.9%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.8%	24.8%
Other means	1.2%	4.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cashton	Oakdale
1-unit, detached	69.2%	77.4%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.7%	1.2%
5 to 19 units	4.9%	10.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	16.9%	11.3%

Poverty & households

	Cashton	Oakdale
Poverty rate	19.7%	9.5%
Average household size	2.30	2.08
Mean commute (minutes)	24	16
Median year structure built	1973	1996