City in California
Oakland, CA
City in and county seat of Alameda County, California, United States.
- Population
- 443,554 (2024)
- Density
- 7,926 / sq mi
- Land area
- 56.0 sq mi
- Water area
- 22.1 sq mi
- Elevation
- 43 ft
- Founded
- 1852
- Coordinates
- 37.7698, -122.2257
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Trends
$1,445 / mo$1,917 / mo
$73,692$97,369
$687,400$924,700
16.7%13.7%
6.1%6.0%
5249
201
Survey and county figures by year. Dollar values are not adjusted for inflation.
How Oakland ranks
- #26 Best Cities for Park Access of 99 cities · score 66.3
- #27 Best Cities for Car-Free Commuting of 100 cities · score 69.5
- #28 Healthiest Cities of 96 cities · score 61.7
- #50 Safest Cities from Natural Disasters of 75 cities · score 37.4
- #56 Best Cities Overall of 100 cities · score 46.7
- #66 Best-Connected Cities of 100 cities · score 36.0
- #75 Most Affordable Cities of 100 cities · score 37.8
- #79 Lowest Student-Teacher Ratios of 96 cities · score 17.9
Local facts
- Median household income
- $97,369
- Median rent
- $1,917 / mo
- Median home value
- $924,700
- Median age
- 37.6
- Unemployment
- 6.0%
- Bachelor's degree or higher
- 47.9%
- Poverty rate
- 13.7%
- Renter-occupied homes
- 58.3%
Public schools
Public schools located in the city, from the NCES Common Core of Data. Staffing figures describe resources, not school quality.
- Public schools
- 121
- Students enrolled
- 48,760
- Students per teacher
- 20.0 : 1
- Free or reduced-price lunch
- 75.4%
- Charter schools
- 31.4%
- School districts serving the city
- 40
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Districts: Oakland Unified, Oakland Charter High District, American Indian Public Charter District, Downtown Charter Academy District, Aspire Triumph Technology Academy District
Health & wellbeing
CDC PLACES model-based estimates for adults (age-adjusted), not a count of diagnoses.
- Adults with obesity
- 27.3%
- No leisure-time physical activity
- 23.0%
- Adults with diabetes
- 11.4%
- Adults who smoke
- 11.3%
- Frequent mental distress
- 17.6%
- Sleeping under 7 hours
- 36.3%
- Adults without health insurance
- 10.2%
- Routine checkup in past year
- 71.6%
Parks, air & walkability
- Residents within a 10-minute walk of a park
- 87.9%
- Share of city that is parkland
- 12.4%
- EPA walkability index (1-20)
- 14.7
Internet & commuting
- Households with broadband
- 89.8%
- Households with no internet
- 8.2%
- Average commute
- 30.5 min
- Work from home
- 23.4%
- Commute by transit
- 14.5%
- Commute on foot
- 3.0%
- Commute by bike
- 1.9%
Natural hazard risk
FEMA rates Alameda County as very high overall for natural hazard risk, with 8 federally declared disasters in the past ten years.
- Earthquake: very high
- Landslide: relatively high
- Riverine flooding: very high
- Wildfire: relatively high
Data: © OpenStreetMap contributors, FEMA National Risk Index, U.S. Census Bureau ACS, CDC PLACES, NCES Common Core of Data, The Trust for Public Land ParkServe, EPA Smart Location Database, Wikimedia Commons, Wikidata
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