What is the population of Oakland city?

Oakland city has 1,572 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #81 of 593 in Nebraska.

What is the median household income in Oakland city?

Median household income in Oakland city is $66,202 a year, 15.7% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Oakland city?

Median gross rent is $663 a month and the median home value is $150,600, so rent absorbs about 12% of median household income.

Is Oakland city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 2.3× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Oakland city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 12% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Oakland, NE population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Oakland, Nebraska (Oakland, NE — Census place “Oakland city”) is 1,572 residents, ranking #81 of 593 places in Nebraska. Median household income is $66,202, the median home is worth $150,600 and median gross rent runs $663 a month. Looking for the Oakland Nebraska ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Oakland, NE: 68045.

Population: 1,572Oakland city residents
Median household income: $66,202Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $150,600Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $663Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 44.5 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 72.3%Owner-occupied households

Oakland ZIP codes (Nebraska)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Oakland.

The Oakland NE ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

68045

What the numbers mean in Oakland city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Oakland city median would spend about 12% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 2.3× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 11.4% of residents and 72.3% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Oakland city, NE in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Oakland city is a small town in Nebraska, with 1,572 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #81 of 593 ranked by population — larger than 86% of them. The median age here is 44.5 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.

Households in Oakland city earn a median of $66,202 a year, 15.7% below the national figure of $78,538 and within a couple of points of the $67,419 median for the 119 Nebraska cities we cover. Median household income counts every pre-tax dollar arriving at an address — wages, self-employment, Social Security, pensions, interest and public assistance — for everyone living there, so multi-earner households pull the figure up even where individual pay is modest. Poverty reaches 11.4% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Oakland city is valued at $150,600, 50.4% below the national figure and 7% below the $161,800 peer median, while median gross rent runs $663 a month, 52.8% below the national figure, or roughly $7,956 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 12% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 2.3×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so purchase prices are unusually low against local pay, the pattern in places where supply is plentiful and wage growth has been flat. 72.3% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. Rent is reported gross — contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities — which is why it runs above the advertised price on a listing for the same unit.

Every value on this page is published directly by the Census for this area — nothing is modelled or interpolated. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Oakland city?: Oakland city has 1,572 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #81 of 593 in Nebraska.
What is the median household income in Oakland city?: Median household income in Oakland city is $66,202 a year, 15.7% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Oakland city?: Median gross rent is $663 a month and the median home value is $150,600, so rent absorbs about 12% of median household income.
Is Oakland city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 2.3× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Oakland city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 12% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Oakland city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.