Melvina vs Oakdale

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

Melvina 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 83 in Melvina). Oakdale has the higher median household income ($86,563 vs $71,500 in Melvina). Oakdale has the higher median home value ($187,500 vs $135,000 in Melvina).

Population, income & housing

	Melvina	Oakdale
Population	83	285
Median age	39.1 yrs	46.9 yrs
Median household income	$71,500	$86,563
Median home value	$135,000	$187,500
Median gross rent	—	$588
Housing units	32	168
Homeownership rate	81.3%	84.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.3%	21.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Melvina	Oakdale
Population	68 → 83 (+22.1%)	277 → 285 (+2.9%)
Median household income	$58,250 → $71,500 (+22.7%)	$58,750 → $86,563 (+47.3%)
Median home value	$86,700 → $135,000 (+55.7%)	$132,100 → $187,500 (+41.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$489 → $588 (+20.2%)

Melvina

Population

6883

Median household income

$58,250$71,500

Median home value

$86,700$135,000

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)

	Melvina	Oakdale
Under 5	4.8%	0.7%
5 to 17	18.1%	20.4%
18 to 24	2.4%	7.0%
25 to 34	14.5%	6.0%
35 to 44	19.3%	14.4%
45 to 54	7.2%	13.0%
55 to 64	21.7%	14.7%
65 to 74	3.6%	18.9%
75 and over	8.4%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Melvina	Oakdale
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	88.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	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+

	Melvina	Oakdale
No high school diploma	14.5%	10.7%
High school graduate	46.8%	34.6%
Some college or associate's	27.4%	33.7%
Bachelor's degree	3.2%	20.0%
Graduate or professional degree	8.1%	1.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Melvina	Oakdale
Drove alone	74.1%	61.4%
Carpooled	18.5%	7.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.6%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.9%	24.8%
Other means	0.0%	4.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Melvina	Oakdale
1-unit, detached	81.3%	77.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.2%
5 to 19 units	18.8%	10.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	11.3%

Poverty & households

	Melvina	Oakdale
Poverty rate	0.0%	9.5%
Average household size	2.59	2.08
Mean commute (minutes)	19	16
Median year structure built	1960	1996