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Oakland borough, Bergen County, NJ

12,768 Population
8.5 square miles 1,501.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.7 ±2.2 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Bergen County: 42 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in New Jersey: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$67,775 ±$4,991 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Bergen County: $63,735 ±$819
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in New Jersey: $54,253 ±$256
$162,019 ±$15,337 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Bergen County: $124,884 ±$1,735
  • about 1.5 times the amount in New Jersey: $103,556 ±$513

3.1% ±1.2% (384  ±145) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Bergen County: 6.8% 64,606 (±0.3% / ±3,161)
  • about one-third of the rate in New Jersey: 9.7% 891,891 (±0.2% / ±14,073)

29.5 minutes ±1.6 (157,700  ±14,981) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Bergen County: 31.2 12,369,260 (±0.3 / ±180,718)
  • a little less than the figure in New Jersey: 30.5 116,289,230 (±0.1 / ±571,910)

Families

4,488 ±158 Number of households
  • Bergen County: 355,127 ±1,060
  • New Jersey: 3,507,701 ±5,116
2.8 ±0.1 (12,621  ±28) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Bergen County: 2.7 951,520 (±0 / ±195)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,173,351

7.2% ±3.1% (191  ±84) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Bergen County: 5.1% 11,127 (±0.4% / ±894)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in New Jersey: 5.2% 110,552 (±0.1% / ±2,477)

Housing

4,683 ±202 Number of housing units
  • Bergen County: 369,613 ±176
  • New Jersey: 3,791,354 ±469

$591,300 ±$18,228 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Bergen County: $623,000 ±$4,306
  • about 1.3 times the amount in New Jersey: $454,400 ±$1,150

8.1% ±2.7% (1,020  ±334.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Bergen County: 8.8% 83,602 (±0.4% / ±3,724)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 9.6% 889,792 (±0.1% / ±13,145.6)

Social

97.2% ±5.8% (8,616  ±588.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Bergen County: 92.9% 636,401 (±0.9% / ±6,166.4)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 90.7% 5,915,947 (±0.3% / ±19,889.6)
56.8% ±4.5% (5,037  ±429.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Bergen County: 53.1% 363,985 (±0.7% / ±4,501.9)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in New Jersey: 43.6% 2,845,933 (±0.2% / ±12,951.6)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

13.8% ±2.9% (1,767  ±370) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Bergen County: 31.8% 305,966
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New Jersey: 23.9% 2,236,554

4.2% ±1.2% (421  ±117) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Bergen County: 2.9% 22,085 (±0.2% / ±1,213)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 3.7% 273,031 (±0.1% / ±4,211)
421 Total veterans ±117 405 Male ±111 16 Female ±20

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