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Oildale, California: commercial real estate data.
Oildale is a Census CDP of 34,687 people across 7.91 square miles of land, in Kern County. Median household income is $51,298, 40.6 percent of occupied homes are owned.
Underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency.
Oildale
What Oildale is
- Census place typeCDP
- Land area7.91 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land4,386
- County holding the largest share of its areaKern 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.
Oildale
How many people live in Oildale
- Population34,687
- Median age35.9
- Population under 188,945
- Share under 1825.8 percent
- Population 65 and over4,505
- Share 65 and over13.0 percent
- Households12,982
- Family households8,017
- Share of households that are families61.8 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Oildale
Income and work in Oildale
- Median household income$51,298
- Per capita income$25,014
- Civilian labor force14,671
- Employed12,965
- Unemployed1,706 plus or minus 540
- Unemployment rate11.6 percent plus or minus 3.5
- Adults 25 and over22,645
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher80.7 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher12.4 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree3.3 percent plus or minus 1.0
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Oildale
Housing in Oildale
- Housing units13,918
- Occupied units12,982
- Vacant units936 plus or minus 290
- Vacancy rate6.7 percent plus or minus 2.1
- Owner occupied5,271
- Renter occupied7,711
- Ownership rate40.6 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$238,800
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,281
- Annual rent as a share of median income30.0 percent
- Single family units9,104
- Share single family65.4 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more3,569
- Share in buildings of two or more25.6 percent
- Mobile homes1,146 plus or minus 300
- Median year structure built1970
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Oildale
How Oildale gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute12,059
- Commuting under 15 minutes3,676
- Share commuting under 15 minutes30.5 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more3,019
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more25.0 percent
- Drove alone81.2 percent
- Carpooled10.6 percent plus or minus 3.1
- Public transport0.7 percent plus or minus 0.7
- Walked1.1 percent plus or minus 0.8
- Worked from home4.9 percent plus or minus 1.3
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Kern County, not Oildale
Kern County context, not Oildale figures
- Establishments in Kern County14,352
- Covered employment, Kern County347,664
- Average annual pay, Kern County$60,066
- Housing units permitted, Kern County3,244
Every figure in this section is published for Kern County as a whole and is not a measurement of Oildale.
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.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Parcel detail, zoning and the flood zone at an address are not on this page; they resolve at the address in the platform. How this page was built →
Common questions
Oildale questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Oildale, California?
34,687, in 12,982 households. Oildale CDP covers 7.91 square miles of land, which is 4,386 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Oildale in?
Kern 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 Oildale?
$51,298. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $238,800. Median gross rent is $1,281 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Are the county figures on this page Oildale figures?
No, and they are labeled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Kern 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 Oildale.
Is zoning published for Oildale?
No. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.