Census Reporter

Oakland, CA

422,575 Population
55.9 square miles 7,555.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.6 ±0.3 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA Metro Area: 39.1 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in California: 36.7 ±0.1

Economics

$46,407 ±$851 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA Metro Area: $57,778 ±$313
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in California: $38,576 ±$120
$80,143 ±$1,684 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA Metro Area: $110,837 ±$791
  • about the same as the amount in California: $78,672 ±$270

14.6% ±0.7% (61,170  ±2,785) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA Metro Area: 8.5% 396,651 (±0.2% / ±8,392)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in California: 12.6% 4,853,434 (±0.1% / ±39,919)

32.9 minutes ±0.5 (6,462,045  ±120,182) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA Metro Area: 34.1 72,423,090 (±0.1 / ±391,684)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in California: 29.8 498,276,585 (±0.1 / ±1,174,085)

Families

160,095 ±1,720 Number of households
  • the San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA Metro Area: 1,701,865 ±3,726
  • California: 13,103,114 ±18,542
2.6 ±0 (415,937  ±578) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA Metro Area: 2.7 4,630,241 (±0 / ±2,370)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in California: 2.9 38,521,288

4.6% ±0.4% (5,366  ±441) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in the San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA Metro Area: 4.5% 51,934 (±0.1% / ±1,579)
  • a little less than the rate in California: 4.8% 463,780 (±0.1% / ±5,839)

Housing

171,749 ±1,603 Number of housing units
  • the San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA Metro Area: 1,810,522 ±953
  • California: 14,210,945 ±1,339

$730,000 ±$11,842 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA Metro Area: $888,500 ±$3,185
  • about 1.4 times the amount in California: $538,500 ±$1,127

13.4% ±0.6% (55,755  ±2,692) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in the San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA Metro Area: 12.8% 596,091 (±0.2% / ±8,513.9)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in California: 12.4% 4,842,940 (±0.1% / ±30,091.1)

Social

84.3% ±1.1% (260,828  ±3,787) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA Metro Area: 89.5% 3,060,122 (±0.4% / ±13,424)
  • about the same as the rate in California: 83.9% 22,378,605 (±0.2% / ±40,789.5)
46.1% ±0.7% (142,451  ±2,438.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA Metro Area: 50.7% 1,731,798 (±0.3% / ±9,199.9)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in California: 34.7% 9,256,873 (±0.1% / ±25,121.8)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2019 1-year data

26.5% ±0.7% (111,966  ±2,956) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA Metro Area: 30.7% 1,443,907 (±0.2% / ±10,603)
  • about the same as the rate in California: 26.6% 10,463,818 (±0.1% / ±35,653)

3.3% ±0.2% (11,179  ±708) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA Metro Area: 3.9% 147,578 (±0.1% / ±2,681)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in California: 5% 1,525,746 (±0% / ±9,062)
11,179 Total veterans ±708 9,921 Male ±723 1,258 Female ±249

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