Population & Demographics
Oakland, CA
Oakland is home to 439,418 people. Explore its demographics, housing, and economy — plus how its 198,576 resident workers commute each day.
439,418 residents
Median age 37.9 · U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year (2024).
Oakland population & demographics
Who lives in Oakland — population, age, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.
Race & ethnicity in Oakland
How Oakland breaks down by race and ethnicity — each bar is that group’s share of the population, from the U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year (2024).
Race across Oakland
Each dot is a group of people, placed in their 2020 Census block and colored by race or ethnicity — the pattern shows where groups live across Oakland.
These figures are for Oakland proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.
How Oakland commutes
Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.
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How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.
Oakland
198,576 commutes, one dot at a time
Oakland
Where 198,576 workers commute
Where residents work
Top destinations for people who live in Oakland, by worker count.
Who commutes in
Top origin places for workers who travel into Oakland.
Top industries
The sectors that employ Oakland’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.
Internet options for Oakland
The biggest home-internet providers in the area — tap any to compare local plans.
FindBetterInternet is a CensusFlow partner site — we link out so you can compare local plans, and CensusFlow’s Census data stays independent. Provider data is from the FCC National Broadband Map (satellite + fixed wireless excluded).