California · Census place 0652694

Oakdale, California

Oakdale is a city in Stanislaus County, California with an estimated 23,209 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 283rd largest of 468 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
23,209
#283 of 468 in California
Change since 2020
+0.0%
+1 people
Land area
6.2 sq mi
+ 0.04 sq mi water
Density
3,725 / sq mi
State median 3,725
Orange pin: Oakdale. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Sacramento.

Oakdale population, 2020 to 2024

Oakdale added 1 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.0%. In the latest year it moved by +70. Among 429 California places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 161st; the median place changed by -1.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in California has 37,056 people, so Oakdale is 63% of it.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 23,177. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Oakdale covers 6.23 square miles of land and 0.04 of water, for 3,725 people per square mile of land. The median California place of 5,000+ has 3,725, so Oakdale is close to the typical town.

What county Oakdale is in

All of Oakdale's residents live in Stanislaus County, which had 556,972 residents in 2024. Oakdale holds 4.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Oakdale

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Oakdale by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 95361. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Oakdale is

The Census internal point of Oakdale is at 37.761700, -120.846400. Sacramento, the capital, is 66.4 miles NNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Riverbank, CA (25,625 people), 5.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Modesto, CA, 12.1 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
37.761700, -120.846400
DMS
37°45'42.12"N 120°50'47.04"W
UTM
10N 689701.8E 4181559.5N
Geohash
9qdnf463f
Plus code
849XQ563+MC

Daylight in Oakdale

At 37.76° N, Oakdale gets about 14 h 47 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 33 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 14 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Oakdale

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in California, measured between internal points. The closest is Riverbank, 5.9 miles away, with 25,625 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Oakdale, CA?

23,209 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 1 (0.0%) from 23,208 in July 2020.

What county is Oakdale in?

Stanislaus County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Oakdale?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 95361.

How far is Oakdale from Sacramento?

66.4 miles (106.9 km) in a straight line, heading NNW from Oakdale.

What is the nearest larger city to Oakdale?

Riverbank, CA, with 25,625 residents, 5.9 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.