Oakdale, Louisiana

Oakdale population, 2020 to 2024

Oakdale lost 179 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.7%. In the latest year it moved by +13. Among 59 Louisiana places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 30th; the median place changed by -2.7%. The median place of 5,000+ in Louisiana has 11,686 people, so Oakdale is 56% of it.

Oakdale covers 5.19 square miles of land and 0.06 of water, for 1,250 people per square mile of land. The median Louisiana place of 5,000+ has 1,568, so Oakdale is less dense than the typical town.

What county Oakdale is in

All of Oakdale's residents live in Allen Parish, which had 22,501 residents in 2024. Oakdale holds 28.8% 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: 71463. 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 30.816400, -92.655900. Baton Rouge, the capital, is 90.8 miles ESE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Eunice, LA (9,044 people), 26.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Lafayette, LA, 56.4 miles away.

Daylight in Oakdale

At 30.82° N, Oakdale gets about 14 h 09 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 09 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 00 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 Louisiana, measured between internal points. The closest is Glenmora, 11.7 miles away, with 1,034 people.