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Oakman town, Alabama: commercial real estate data.
Oakman town is a Census town of 934 people across 3.08 square miles of land, in Walker County. Median household income is $35,208, 78.9 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 2 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $2.2 m.
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Oakman
What Oakman is
- Census place typetown
- Land area3.08 sq mi
- Water area0.01 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land303 plus or minus 120
- County holding the largest share of its areaWalker County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Oakman
How many people live in Oakman
- Population934 plus or minus 370
- Median age33.9 plus or minus 14.9
- Population under 18267 plus or minus 105
- Share under 1828.6 percent plus or minus 15.9
- Population 65 and over259 plus or minus 170
- Share 65 and over27.7 percent plus or minus 14.5
- Households379 plus or minus 156
- Family households265 plus or minus 156
- Share of households that are families69.9 percent plus or minus 29.4
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Oakman
Income and work in Oakman
- Median household income$35,208 plus or minus $28,840
- Per capita income$19,621 plus or minus $4,286
- Civilian labor force295 plus or minus 108
- Employed271 plus or minus 100
- Unemployed24 plus or minus 21
- Unemployment rate8.1 percent plus or minus 6.5
- Adults 25 and over624 plus or minus 285
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher92.0 percent plus or minus 59.3
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher7.4 percent plus or minus 3.7
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree2.9 percent plus or minus 2.6
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Oakman
- Housing units465 plus or minus 164
- Occupied units379 plus or minus 156
- Vacant units86 plus or minus 41
- Vacancy rate18.5 percent plus or minus 5.9
- Owner occupied299 plus or minus 149
- Renter occupied80 plus or minus 49
- Ownership rate78.9 percent plus or minus 22.2
- Median owner-occupied home value$92,600 plus or minus $41,421
- Median gross rent, monthly$283 plus or minus $239
- Annual rent as a share of median income9.6 percent plus or minus 11.3
- Single family units320 plus or minus 156
- Share single family68.8 percent plus or minus 23.0
- Units in buildings of two or more62 plus or minus 44
- Share in buildings of two or more13.3 percent plus or minus 8.3
- Mobile homes83 plus or minus 43
- Median year structure built1978
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Oakman gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute269 plus or minus 101
- Commuting under 15 minutes38 plus or minus 29
- Share commuting under 15 minutes14.1 percent plus or minus 9.3
- Commuting 30 minutes or more134 plus or minus 64
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more49.8 percent plus or minus 14.8
- Drove alone90.8 percent
- Carpooled8.5 percent plus or minus 12.1
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.0 percent
- Worked from home0.7 percent plus or minus 1.5
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Oakman
SBA loans in Oakman (7(a))
- Approvals2
- Gross approval$2,200,000
- Average approval$1,100,000
- Median approval$2,000,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$2,000,000
- Largest approval$2,000,000
- Jobs supported40
- Jobs per approval20.0
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Paid in full1
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more0.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders1
- Distinct industries by NAICS1
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 1 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Walker County, not Oakman
Walker County context, not Oakman figures
These are Walker County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Oakman measurements.
- Establishments in Walker County1,251
- Employment at those establishments, Walker County14,399
- Covered employment, Walker County18,709
- Average annual pay, Walker County$48,692
- Average weekly wage, Walker County$936
- Housing units permitted, Walker County38
- Of those, single family, Walker County38
- County product, 2024, Walker County$2,568,468,000
- County product change over the prior year, Walker County7.0 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Walker County$51,896
Every figure in this section is published for Walker County as a whole and is not a measurement of Oakman. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Oakman questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Oakman, Alabama?
934, in 379 households. Oakman town covers 3.08 square miles of land, which is 303 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Oakman in?
Walker County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Oakman?
$35,208. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $92,600. Median gross rent is $283 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Oakman businesses?
2 7(a) approvals totalling $2.2 m, across 1 lenders, median approval $2,000,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Oakman, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Oakman borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Oakman. only 1 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page Oakman figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Walker County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Oakman.
Is zoning published for Oakman?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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