Cataract vs Oakdale

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

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

Oakdale has the higher population (285 vs 174 in Cataract). Oakdale has the higher median household income ($86,563 vs $73,333 in Cataract). Oakdale has the higher median home value ($187,500 vs $147,900 in Cataract).

Population, income & housing

	Cataract	Oakdale
Population	174	285
Median age	38.3 yrs	46.9 yrs
Median household income	$73,333	$86,563
Median home value	$147,900	$187,500
Median gross rent	$850	$588
Housing units	76	168
Homeownership rate	76.4%	84.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.7%	21.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cataract	Oakdale
Population	172 → 174 (+1.2%)	277 → 285 (+2.9%)
Median household income	$64,583 → $73,333 (+13.5%)	$58,750 → $86,563 (+47.3%)
Median home value	$127,300 → $147,900 (+16.2%)	$132,100 → $187,500 (+41.9%)
Median gross rent	$850 → $850 (+0.0%)	$489 → $588 (+20.2%)

Cataract

Population

172174

Median household income

$64,583$73,333

Median home value

$127,300$147,900

Median gross rent

$850$850

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)

	Cataract	Oakdale
Under 5	9.8%	0.7%
5 to 17	13.2%	20.4%
18 to 24	18.4%	7.0%
25 to 34	8.0%	6.0%
35 to 44	6.9%	14.4%
45 to 54	21.8%	13.0%
55 to 64	19.0%	14.7%
65 to 74	1.1%	18.9%
75 and over	1.7%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cataract	Oakdale
White (non-Hispanic)	93.7%	88.1%
Black or African American	6.3%	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	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cataract	Oakdale
No high school diploma	9.8%	10.7%
High school graduate	44.1%	34.6%
Some college or associate's	29.4%	33.7%
Bachelor's degree	9.8%	20.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.9%	1.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cataract	Oakdale
Drove alone	91.1%	61.4%
Carpooled	3.6%	7.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.7%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.7%	24.8%
Other means	0.0%	4.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cataract	Oakdale
1-unit, detached	86.8%	77.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	10.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.2%	11.3%

Poverty & households

	Cataract	Oakdale
Poverty rate	6.0%	9.5%
Average household size	2.42	2.08
Mean commute (minutes)	22	16
Median year structure built	1974	1996