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Oakdale city, Louisiana: commercial real estate data.
Oakdale city is a Census city of 6,546 people across 5.19 square miles of land, in Allen Parish. Median household income is $42,540, 67.2 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 1 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $180,000.
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Oakdale
What Oakdale is
- Census place typecity
- Land area5.19 sq mi
- Water area0.06 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,261
- County holding the largest share of its areaAllen Parish, 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.
Oakdale
How many people live in Oakdale
- Population6,546
- Median age40.1
- Population under 18948 plus or minus 244
- Share under 1814.5 percent plus or minus 3.7
- Population 65 and over1,104 plus or minus 254
- Share 65 and over16.9 percent plus or minus 3.9
- Households1,964
- Family households1,244
- Share of households that are families63.3 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Oakdale
Income and work in Oakdale
- Median household income$42,540 plus or minus $17,317
- Per capita income$17,808
- Civilian labor force2,022
- Employed1,730
- Unemployed292 plus or minus 203
- Unemployment rate14.4 percent plus or minus 9.8
- Adults 25 and over5,143
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher75.8 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher7.5 percent plus or minus 3.3
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree2.8 percent plus or minus 2.1
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Oakdale
Housing in Oakdale
- Housing units2,613
- Occupied units1,964
- Vacant units649 plus or minus 217
- Vacancy rate24.8 percent plus or minus 8.0
- Owner occupied1,319 plus or minus 285
- Renter occupied645 plus or minus 233
- Ownership rate67.2 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$98,700
- Median gross rent, monthly$873 plus or minus $175
- Annual rent as a share of median income24.6 percent plus or minus 11.2
- Single family units2,130
- Share single family81.5 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more319 plus or minus 142
- Share in buildings of two or more12.2 percent plus or minus 5.3
- Mobile homes164 plus or minus 94
- Median year structure built1970
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Oakdale
How Oakdale gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute1,495 plus or minus 333
- Commuting under 15 minutes824 plus or minus 266
- Share commuting under 15 minutes55.1 percent plus or minus 12.9
- Commuting 30 minutes or more434 plus or minus 198
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more29.0 percent plus or minus 11.6
- Drove alone77.3 percent
- Carpooled5.8 percent plus or minus 3.8
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked3.3 percent plus or minus 4.7
- Worked from home13.6 percent plus or minus 6.5
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Oakdale
SBA loans in Oakdale (7(a))
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$180,000
- Average approval$180,000
- Median approval$180,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$180,000
- Largest approval$180,000
- Jobs supported14
- Jobs per approval14.0
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term84 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 0 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.
Oakdale
SBA loans in Oakdale (504)
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$821,000
- Average approval$821,000
- Median approval$821,000
- Largest approval$821,000
- Jobs supported4
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs1
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Allen Parish, not Oakdale
Allen Parish context, not Oakdale figures
These are Allen Parish figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Oakdale measurements.
- Establishments in Allen Parish310
- Employment at those establishments, Allen Parish3,450
- Covered employment, Allen Parish7,378
- Average annual pay, Allen Parish$49,734
- Average weekly wage, Allen Parish$956
- Housing units permitted, Allen Parish49
- Of those, single family, Allen Parish49
- County product, 2024, Allen Parish$1,080,471,000
- County product change over the prior year, Allen Parish9.7 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Allen Parish$40,982
Every figure in this section is published for Allen Parish as a whole and is not a measurement of Oakdale. 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
Oakdale questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Oakdale, Louisiana?
6,546, in 1,964 households. Oakdale city covers 5.19 square miles of land, which is 1,261 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Oakdale in?
Allen Parish, 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 Oakdale?
$42,540. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $98,700. Median gross rent is $873 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Oakdale businesses?
1 7(a) approvals totalling $180,000, across 1 lenders, median approval $180,000, plus 1 504 approvals worth $821,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Oakdale, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Oakdale borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Oakdale. only 0 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 Oakdale figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Allen Parish 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 Oakdale.
Is zoning published for Oakdale?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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