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Oakland, MD

2,254 Population
2.7 square miles 831.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

51.1 ±9.8 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Garrett County: 48.3 ±0.3
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Maryland: 39.4 ±0.1
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$36,775 ±$6,154 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Garrett County: $43,354 ±$3,545
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Maryland: $52,979 ±$282
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$53,289 ±$27,814 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Garrett County: $67,688 ±$3,685
  • about half the amount in Maryland: $103,678 ±$597
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

17.5% ±5.9% (374  ±151) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Garrett County: 11.3% † 3,144 (±1.8% / ±505)
  • nearly double the rate in Maryland: 9.5% 574,017 (±0.2% / ±10,970)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

16 minutes ±4.1 (12,945  ±5,791) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Garrett County: 23.7 272,745 (±1 / ±17,985)
  • about half the figure in Maryland: 31.1 78,350,080 (±0.1 / ±410,720)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,086 ±222 Number of households
  • Garrett County: 12,578 ±360
  • Maryland: 2,362,928 ±3,782
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
1.9 ±0.2 (2,099  ±470) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Garrett County: 2.2 27,925 (±0.1 / ±74)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Maryland: 2.6 6,076,810
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

1.4% ±2.7% (5  ±10) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-third of the rate in Garrett County: 4.7% † 255 (±2% / ±109)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Maryland: 5.1% 74,365 (±0.1% / ±1,886)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,262 ±219 Number of housing units
  • Garrett County: 18,642 ±52
  • Maryland: 2,560,784 ±424
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$244,400 ±$31,989 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Garrett County: $235,300 ±$10,588
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Maryland: $419,900 ±$1,385
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

19.1% ±12.8% (429  ±300.6) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in Garrett County: 8.3% † 2,346 (±1.6% / ±446.3)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Maryland: 11.3% 695,589 (±0.2% / ±11,276.5)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

92.4% ±23.8% (1,659  ±277.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Garrett County: 90.2% 19,404 (±3.9% / ±836.1)
  • about the same as the rate in Maryland: 91.2% 3,920,643 (±0.4% / ±16,975.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
29.3% ±6.8% (527  ±159.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Garrett County: 25.9% 5,573 (±2.2% / ±476.9)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Maryland: 43.5% 1,868,776 (±0.3% / ±11,133.2)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

0.5% ±1.4% (12  ±31) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Garrett County: 1.4% 397
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Maryland: 16.6% 1,030,670
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

11.6% ±7.7% (215  ±149) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Garrett County: 9% † 2,124 (±1.1% / ±264)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Maryland: 6.8% 327,493 (±0.1% / ±4,654)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
215 Total veterans ±149 208 Male ±148 7 Female ±11

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