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Oakland, CA

429,114 Population
55.9 square miles 7,677.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2018 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.8 ±0.6 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA Metro Area: 39.1 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in California: 36.7 ±0.1

Economics

$46,921 ±$1,750 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA Metro Area: $56,393 ±$557
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in California: $37,124 ±$161
$76,469 ±$2,985 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA Metro Area: $107,898 ±$1,779
  • about the same as the amount in California: $75,277 ±$317

13.8% ±1.4% (58,604  ±5,742) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA Metro Area: 8.3% 388,670 (±0.4% / ±16,854)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in California: 12.8% 4,969,326 (±0.2% / ±62,249)

33.3 minutes ±0.8 (7,221,975  ±252,259) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA Metro Area: 34.7 78,210,290 (±0.3 / ±832,877)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in California: 30.2 525,695,390 (±0.1 / ±2,353,182)

Families

165,590 ±3,374 Number of households
  • the San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA Metro Area: 1,698,978 ±9,549
  • California: 13,072,122 ±21,485
2.6 ±0.1 (422,344  ±1,497) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA Metro Area: 2.7 4,650,703 (±0 / ±4,593)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in California: 3 38,731,195

4.8% ±1% (5,820  ±1,267) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA Metro Area: 4.4% 51,204 (±0.3% / ±3,616)
  • a little higher than the rate in California: 4.7% 454,027 (±0.1% / ±11,738)

Housing

181,161 ±3,791 Number of housing units
  • the San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA Metro Area: 1,825,205 ±1,869
  • California: 14,277,867 ±1,010

$717,700 ±$21,915 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA Metro Area: $910,300 ±$7,054
  • about 1.3 times the amount in California: $546,800 ±$2,008

12.2% ±1% (51,543  ±4,421.4) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in the San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA Metro Area: 13% 608,010 (±0.4% / ±20,153.6)
  • a little less than the rate in California: 12.5% 4,882,022 (±0.1% / ±55,698.9)

Social

86.3% ±2.3% (274,518  ±8,162.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA Metro Area: 90.1% 3,091,444 (±0.8% / ±26,760.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in California: 83.8% 22,460,627 (±0.3% / ±72,265.5)
47.2% ±1.7% (150,275  ±5,639.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA Metro Area: 51% 1,750,591 (±0.5% / ±18,392)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in California: 34.2% 9,171,076 (±0.2% / ±45,281.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2017 5-year data

25.5% ±1.5% (109,580  ±6,383) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA Metro Area: 30.5% 1,443,230 (±0.4% / ±20,706)
  • a little less than the rate in California: 26.9% 10,625,980 (±0.1% / ±51,558)

2.8% ±0.4% (9,704  ±1,321) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA Metro Area: 4% 152,312 (±0.2% / ±6,321)
  • about half the rate in California: 5.1% 1,538,797 (±0.1% / ±17,814)
9,704 Total veterans ±1,321 8,736 Male ±1,335 968 Female ±401

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