Norwalk vs Oakdale

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

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

Norwalk has the higher population (612 vs 285 in Oakdale). Oakdale has the higher median household income ($86,563 vs $58,750 in Norwalk). Oakdale has the higher median home value ($187,500 vs $94,000 in Norwalk).

Population, income & housing

	Norwalk	Oakdale
Population	612	285
Median age	29.2 yrs	46.9 yrs
Median household income	$58,750	$86,563
Median home value	$94,000	$187,500
Median gross rent	$732	$588
Housing units	232	168
Homeownership rate	71.4%	84.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.8%	21.0%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	0.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Norwalk	Oakdale
Population	701 → 612 (-12.7%)	277 → 285 (+2.9%)
Median household income	$42,500 → $58,750 (+38.2%)	$58,750 → $86,563 (+47.3%)
Median home value	$87,000 → $94,000 (+8.0%)	$132,100 → $187,500 (+41.9%)
Median gross rent	$650 → $732 (+12.6%)	$489 → $588 (+20.2%)

Norwalk

Population

701612

Median household income

$42,500$58,750

Median home value

$87,000$94,000

Median gross rent

$650$732

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)

	Norwalk	Oakdale
Under 5	8.5%	0.7%
5 to 17	30.1%	20.4%
18 to 24	4.1%	7.0%
25 to 34	18.0%	6.0%
35 to 44	14.2%	14.4%
45 to 54	9.3%	13.0%
55 to 64	8.0%	14.7%
65 to 74	4.9%	18.9%
75 and over	2.9%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Norwalk	Oakdale
White (non-Hispanic)	43.6%	88.1%
Black or African American	1.6%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	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	54.2%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Norwalk	Oakdale
No high school diploma	29.3%	10.7%
High school graduate	43.6%	34.6%
Some college or associate's	20.2%	33.7%
Bachelor's degree	6.3%	20.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.6%	1.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Norwalk	Oakdale
Drove alone	63.0%	61.4%
Carpooled	21.8%	7.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.8%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.5%	24.8%
Other means	0.8%	4.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Norwalk	Oakdale
1-unit, detached	75.0%	77.4%
1-unit, attached	3.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.6%	1.2%
5 to 19 units	4.7%	10.1%
20 or more units	0.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.9%	11.3%

Poverty & households

	Norwalk	Oakdale
Poverty rate	18.2%	9.5%
Average household size	2.91	2.08
Mean commute (minutes)	25	16
Median year structure built	1971	1996