Maryland · Census place 2457650
Oakland, Maryland
Oakland is a town in Garrett County, Maryland with an estimated 1,813 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 77th largest of 100 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,813
- #77 of 100 in Maryland
- Change since 2020
- -1.7%
- -31 people
- Land area
- 2.7 sq mi
- Density
- 669 / sq mi
- State median 2,607
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Oakland population, 2020 to 2024
Oakland lost 31 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.7%. In the latest year it moved by -7.
Oakland covers 2.71 square miles of land, for 669 people per square mile of land. The median Maryland place of 5,000+ has 2,607, so Oakland is less dense than the typical town.
What county Oakland is in
All of Oakland's residents live in Garrett County, which had 28,393 residents in 2024. Oakland holds 6.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Oakland
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Oakland by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 21550. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a town that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.
Where Oakland is
The Census internal point of Oakland is at 39.417100, -79.402400. Annapolis, the capital, is 158.8 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Mountain Lake Park, MD (2,118 people), 1.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Pittsburgh, PA, 76.9 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 39.417100, -79.402400
- DMS
- 39°25'1.56"N 79°24'8.64"W
- UTM
- 17N 637526.6E 4364281.9N
- Geohash
- dpp81psvm
- Plus code
- 87F2CH8X+R2
Daylight in Oakland
At 39.42° N, Oakland gets about 14 h 57 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 23 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 34 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Oakland
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Maryland, measured between internal points. The closest is Mountain Lake Park, 1.6 miles away, with 2,118 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Oakland, MD?
1,813 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 31 (1.7%) from 1,844 in July 2020.
What county is Oakland in?
Garrett County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Oakland?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 21550.
How far is Oakland from Annapolis?
158.8 miles (255.6 km) in a straight line, heading E from Oakland.
What is the nearest larger city to Oakland?
Mountain Lake Park, MD, with 2,118 residents, 1.6 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.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.