Census Reporter

Oakland, CA

433,044 Population
55.9 square miles 7,747.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.9 ±0.6 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA Metro Area: 39.2 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in California: 37 ±0.1

Economics

$47,763 ±$1,767 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA Metro Area: $60,223 ±$786
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in California: $39,393 ±$177
$82,018 ±$4,770 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA Metro Area: $114,696 ±$1,965
  • about the same as the amount in California: $80,440 ±$313

13.9% ±1.5% (59,426  ±6,427) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA Metro Area: 8.2% 380,982 (±0.4% / ±19,484)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in California: 11.8% 4,552,837 (±0.2% / ±67,995)

34.4 minutes ±0.8 (7,279,540  ±286,122) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA Metro Area: 35.2 79,633,690 (±0.3 / ±939,421)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in California: 30.7 538,138,130 (±0.1 / ±2,278,526)

Families

168,413 ±3,723 Number of households
  • the San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA Metro Area: 1,721,576 ±7,415
  • California: 13,157,873 ±23,844
2.5 ±0.1 (427,111  ±1,097) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA Metro Area: 2.7 4,654,824 (±0 / ±3,894)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in California: 2.9 38,685,702 (±0)

4.3% ±1.1% (5,187  ±1,306) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in the San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA Metro Area: 4.2% 49,498 (±0.4% / ±4,126)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in California: 4.7% 450,971 (±0.1% / ±10,955)

Housing

182,574 ±4,215 Number of housing units
  • the San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA Metro Area: 1,841,897 ±1,707
  • California: 14,367,012 ±1,286

$807,600 ±$28,526 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA Metro Area: $940,900 ±$7,982
  • about 1.4 times the amount in California: $568,500 ±$2,502

12.4% ±1.2% (53,214  ±5,220.4) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in the San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA Metro Area: 12.7% 592,840 (±0.4% / ±19,218.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in California: 12% 4,689,828 (±0.2% / ±63,097.7)

Social

85.9% ±2.5% (270,851  ±8,551.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA Metro Area: 89.6% 3,083,220 (±0.8% / ±27,313.4)
  • about the same as the rate in California: 84% 22,636,359 (±0.3% / ±78,234.5)
48.9% ±1.8% (154,115  ±6,015.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA Metro Area: 51.4% 1,768,174 (±0.6% / ±19,525.3)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in California: 35% 9,428,484 (±0.2% / ±44,753.9)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2019 5-year data

25.1% ±1.4% (108,539  ±6,186) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA Metro Area: 30.9% 1,464,048 (±0.5% / ±22,110)
  • a little less than the rate in California: 26.7% 10,564,220 (±0.1% / ±55,357)

3.5% ±0.5% (12,178  ±1,732) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in the San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA Metro Area: 3.7% 142,447 (±0.2% / ±6,012)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in California: 4.8% 1,471,467 (±0.1% / ±19,838)
12,178 Total veterans ±1,732 10,881 Male ±1,671 1,297 Female ±512

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