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Oakland, Missouri: commercial real estate data.
Oakland is a Census city of 1,562 people across 0.60 square miles of land, in St. Louis County. Median household income is $114,861, 76.6 percent of occupied homes are owned.
Underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency.
Oakland
What Oakland is
- Census place typecity
- Land area0.6 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land2,591
- County holding the largest share of its areaSt. Louis 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.
Oakland
How many people live in Oakland
- Population1,562
- Median age53.6
- Population under 18293 plus or minus 63
- Share under 1818.8 percent
- Population 65 and over614 plus or minus 124
- Share 65 and over39.3 percent
- Households593
- Family households403
- Share of households that are families68.0 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Oakland
Income and work in Oakland
- Median household income$114,861
- Per capita income$51,583
- Civilian labor force578
- Employed547
- Unemployed31 plus or minus 27
- Unemployment rate5.4 percent plus or minus 4.6
- Adults 25 and over1,211
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher96.6 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher58.6 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree23.9 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Oakland
Housing in Oakland
- Housing units633
- Occupied units593
- Vacant units40 plus or minus 36
- Vacancy rate6.3 percent plus or minus 5.6
- Owner occupied454
- Renter occupied139 plus or minus 43
- Ownership rate76.6 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$410,700
- Median gross rent, monthly$2,781 plus or minus $1,025
- Annual rent as a share of median income29.1 percent plus or minus 11.3
- Single family units555
- Share single family87.7 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more78 plus or minus 42
- Share in buildings of two or more12.3 percent plus or minus 6.5
- Mobile homes0
- Median year structure built1956
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Oakland
How Oakland gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute429 plus or minus 95
- Commuting under 15 minutes127 plus or minus 54
- Share commuting under 15 minutes29.6 percent plus or minus 10.8
- Commuting 30 minutes or more76 plus or minus 36
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more17.7 percent plus or minus 7.3
- Drove alone72.7 percent
- Carpooled5.2 percent plus or minus 3.4
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.0 percent
- Worked from home21.0 percent plus or minus 4.7
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Oakland
Flood risk in Oakland
- NFIP communityCity of Oakland
- NFIP community number290373
- Participating in the NFIPYes
- Community Rating System classNone
- Currently effective map date02/04/15
The City of Oakland participates in the National Flood Insurance Program as community 290373 and carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies to it.
Federal Emergency Management Agency, NFIP Community Status Book (OpenFEMA), as of 2026-09-26.
St. Louis County, not Oakland
St. Louis County context, not Oakland figures
- Establishments in St. Louis County29,717
- Covered employment, St. Louis County596,676
- Average annual pay, St. Louis County$75,926
- Housing units permitted, St. Louis County1,193
Every figure in this section is published for St. Louis County as a whole and is not a measurement of Oakland.
All St. Louis County figures →
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
Oakland questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Oakland, Missouri?
1,562, in 593 households. Oakland city covers 0.60 square miles of land, which is 2,591 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Oakland in?
St. Louis 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 Oakland?
$114,861. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $410,700. Median gross rent is $2,781 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Is Oakland in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Oakland appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as Oakland, city of, community 290373, with no Community Rating System class, so no CRS discount applies. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page Oakland figures?
No, and they are labeled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for St. Louis 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 Oakland.
Is zoning published for Oakland?
No. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.