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Oakdale, LA Urban Area

6,537 Population
4.8 square miles 1,376.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.1 ±4 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$17,696 ±$2,650 Per capita income
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$39,688 ±$14,382 Median household income
  • about half the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

32.9% ±11.7% (1,448  ±518) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

22.1 minutes ±6 (32,965  ±11,749) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,955 ±223 Number of households
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.3 (4,425  ±102) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

5.4% ±5.7% (47  ±51) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

2,604 ±236 Number of housing units
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$98,800 ±$12,933 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

20.9% ±5.8% (1,348  ±372) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

75.7% ±7.7% (3,887  ±434.1) High school grad or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
7.4% ±3.3% (381  ±168.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-fifth 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

13.8% ±2.2% (905  ±144) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

4.8% ±2.6% (268  ±148) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
268 Total veterans ±148 255 Male ±151 13 Female ±23

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