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Oakland, CA

433,797 Population
55.9 square miles 7,755.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.2 ±0.7 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA Metro Area: 40.2 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in California: 37.6 ±0.1

Economics

$49,966 ±$2,233 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA Metro Area: $63,934 ±$785
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in California: $42,396 ±$233
$82,236 ±$4,270 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA Metro Area: $116,005 ±$2,033
  • a little less than the amount in California: $84,907 ±$542

13.8% ±1.6% (59,415  ±7,027) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA Metro Area: 9% 411,862 (±0.4% / ±17,497)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in California: 12.3% 4,733,036 (±0.2% / ±68,101)

28.3 minutes ±2.2 (4,116,465  ±229,720) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA Metro Area: 28.8 43,051,676 (±0.3 / ±755,562)
  • a little higher than the figure in California: 27.6 385,992,600 (±0.1 / ±2,410,052)

Families

170,366 ±3,740 Number of households
  • the San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA Metro Area: 1,719,049 ±8,392
  • California: 13,429,063 ±19,170
2.5 ±0.1 (429,068  ±1,212) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA Metro Area: 2.7 4,550,294 (±0 / ±6,586)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in California: 2.9 38,422,140

4.5% ±1.1% (5,366  ±1,328) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA Metro Area: 4.9% 54,347 (±0.3% / ±3,823)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in California: 4.9% 458,334 (±0.1% / ±13,293)

Housing

186,660 ±4,202 Number of housing units
  • the San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA Metro Area: 1,865,091 ±2,545
  • California: 14,512,149 ±1,218

$848,600 ±$26,076 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA Metro Area: $1,042,300 ±$9,600
  • about 1.3 times the amount in California: $648,100 ±$2,021

12.8% ±1.3% (54,785  ±5,380.9) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in the San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA Metro Area: 13% 596,454 (±0.4% / ±20,188.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in California: 11.3% 4,371,473 (±0.1% / ±54,643.1)

Social

83.7% ±2.3% (266,366  ±8,131.2) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA Metro Area: 89.6% 3,029,680 (±0.8% / ±25,416.5)
  • about the same as the rate in California: 84.5% 22,724,990 (±0.3% / ±77,239)
46.8% ±1.8% (148,975  ±5,912.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA Metro Area: 51.8% 1,749,675 (±0.6% / ±18,826.9)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in California: 36.2% 9,737,817 (±0.2% / ±46,277.1)

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

28.3% ±1.6% (122,891  ±6,742) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA Metro Area: 31.2% 1,443,472 (±0.4% / ±19,937)
  • a little higher than the rate in California: 26.6% 10,451,810 (±0.1% / ±54,396)

3% ±0.5% (10,623  ±1,674) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA Metro Area: 3.5% 128,696 (±0.2% / ±6,465)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in California: 4.4% 1,342,337 (±0.1% / ±18,280)
10,623 Total veterans ±1,674 8,931 Male ±1,404 1,692 Female ±699

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