One downside of living in Oakdale, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 31.20 minutes every day commuting to work.
Being a small city, Oakdale does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The percentage of adults in Oakdale who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 20.77% of the adults in Oakdale have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Oakdale in 2022 was $36,622, which is middle income relative to California, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $146,488 for a family of four. However, Oakdale contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Oakdale is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Oakdale home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Oakdale residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Oakdale also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 32.32% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Oakdale include German, Irish, English, Italian, and Portuguese.
The most common language spoken in Oakdale is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Langs. of India.
