City safety & data profile

OakleyCA

Oakley, CA is a 40K-resident city in Contra Costa County with a median household income of $137,677.

Contra Costa County, California. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Oakley, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Oakley has a population larger than 73% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, and a median home value of $660,200.

Data updated 2026-09-03

40K
Population (place)
Top 27%
By size
$137,677
Median income (place)
$660,200
Median home (place)
6.1%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Oakley

Oakley posts a median household income higher than 90% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks.

Top 10%
by median income, US cities

Where Oakley income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$137,677 Top 10% higher than 90% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Oakley $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in CA

Population among 482 CA places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Los Angeles is the largest CA city on this list; Alamo leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in CA

Median household income among the same 482-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Alamo posts the highest place-level median income in CA; Los Angeles is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Oakley, CA beyond the headline numbers

Oakley sits inside Contra Costa County, California, at roughly 38.00°N, -121.71°W. Population 39,813, $137,677 median household income. Median home value $660,200, median rent $1,953. Poverty rate 6.1%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

Hardship is low by national standards: 6.1% of Oakley, CA residents live below the poverty line, in the least-affected quarter of the 3,890 cities reporting a rate.

A median home in Oakley runs about 4.8 times median household income, above the midpoint. Multiples in this range usually mean buyers are arriving from outside the local wage base.

16.5% of Oakley workers are remote, above the midpoint of reporting cities.

Among the CDC measures on this page, coronary heart disease departs furthest from its peer median: 4.7% in Oakley, the lowest-prevalence quarter of the 3,757 cities reporting that measure.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Oakley from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
39,813
Oakley · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$137,677
+54% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$660,200
+60% vs avg
Median Age (place)
36.6
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Contra Costa County): Oakley's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
1.2M+9%
Median Income
$127,229+62%
Median Home Value
$866,800+115%
Poverty Rate
8.4%-20%
Unemployment
6.5%-37%

Economics

Economics indicators for Oakley, CA
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$1,953/mo
Poverty Rate
6.1% -51% vs avg
Unemployment 6.3%
Bachelor's Degree+ 24.3%
Work From Home 16.5%
Public Transit 1.2%

Population

White 45.3%
African American 8.9%
Asian 9.9%
Two or More Ethnicities 1.2%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Short Sleep Duration
37.4%
Obesity
31%
High Blood Pressure
28.5%
Physical Inactivity
24.8%
Frequent Mental Distress
18.2%
Binge Drinking
17.4%
Frequent Physical Distress
13%
Current Smoking
11.2%
Diabetes
10.3%
Current Asthma
10.2%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 63.8%
Annual Checkup 69.3%

Other Measures

Lack of Health Insurance
9.6%
Coronary Heart Disease
4.7%
Stroke
2.7%

What alerts and safety updates affect Oakley?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Oakley right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

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Sheet CA-OAKLEY · Oakley

Oakley: no area-tagged alerts on record — state hubs carry the live CAP stream.

  • FEED-QUIET No tagged alerts
  • LEAD-NONE Feed idle
  • DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Oakley; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse California state hubs · Methodology

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Frequently Asked Questions 5

What is the population of Oakley, CA? ▼
Oakley, CA has a population of 39,813 people, located in Contra Costa County, California.
What is the median household income in Oakley? ▼
The median household income in Oakley, CA is $137,677 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 6.1%.
What is the median home value in Oakley? ▼
The median home value in Oakley, CA is $660,200. Median rent is $1,953/month.
What are the top health concerns in Oakley? ▼
The top health indicators in Oakley include Short Sleep Duration (37.4%), Obesity (31%), High Blood Pressure (28.5%). Data from CDC PLACES.
What is the median age in Oakley? ▼
The median age in Oakley, CA is 36.6 years. 24.3% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Oakley, both outside California so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside CA (6.1% here).

West Jordan, UT 6.1% Allen, TX 6.1% Kirkland, WA 6.1% Mount Pleasant, SC 6.1%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside CA ($137,677 here).

Mineola, NY $137,739 Andover, MN $137,593 Great Neck, NY $137,981 Bel Air North, MD $137,336

Compare Oakley with another city

Pick a second U.S. city to open a side-by-side profile on population, income, health, and hospitals, the same federal datasets as this page.

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Nearby Cities 8

Brentwood, CA 59K Antioch, CA 111K Discovery Bay, CA 13K Pittsburg, CA 69K Clayton, CA 12K Bay Point, CA 22K Concord, CA 129K Livermore, CA 88K
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Using Oakley's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Oakley area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
  • Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
  • Compare Oakley against California peers on any ranking lens. Explore California

Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Contra Costa County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.