Oakland, Tennessee

Oakland population, 2020 to 2024

Oakland added 1,721 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +19.0%. In the latest year it moved by +283. Among 104 Tennessee places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 5th; the median place changed by +4.0%. The median place of 5,000+ in Tennessee has 12,136 people, so Oakland is 89% of it.

Oakland covers 10.47 square miles of land and 0.03 of water, for 1,029 people per square mile of land. The median Tennessee place of 5,000+ has 947, so Oakland is close to the typical town.

What county Oakland is in

All of Oakland's residents live in Fayette County, which had 44,476 residents in 2024. Oakland holds 24.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Oakland

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Oakland by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 38028, 38060. 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 35.226100, -89.538200. Nashville, the capital, is 167.6 miles ENE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Arlington, TN (15,550 people), 7.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Memphis, TN, 25.6 miles away.

Daylight in Oakland

At 35.23° N, Oakland gets about 14 h 32 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 47 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 45 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 Tennessee, measured between internal points. The closest is Arlington, 7.2 miles away, with 15,550 people.