† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
20042024
Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupOildaleCaliforniaUnited States
German12.2%6.8%12.5%
English11.9%6.3%9.5%
Irish10.2%5.9%9.4%
American7.5%2.8%5.3%
Italian4.1%3.4%4.8%
French2.1%1.3%1.6%
Scottish2.1%0.9%1.3%
Polish1.3%0.9%2.2%
Mexican30.1%32.3%11.3%
Salvadoran0.9%2.0%0.7%
Guatemalan0.5%1.3%0.5%
Puerto Rican0.3%0.6%1.8%
Spaniard0.2%0.3%—
Spanish0.2%0.3%—
Honduran0.2%—0.3%
African American†2.2%4.4%9.9%
Aztec6.1%0.3%—
Filipino0.7%3.3%0.9%
Asian Indian0.5%2.3%1.4%
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Oildale
California
United States
Median age
35.9
37.9
39.1
Age 18–24
8.9%
9.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
12.9%
15.6%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Oildale
California
United States
Median household income
$51,298
$99,122
$84,427
Poverty rate
25.2%
12.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
12.4%
36.6%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Oildale
California
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
21.2%
44.4%
22.3%
Spanish
18.4%
28.4%
13.6%
Arabic
1.2%
0.6%
0.4%
Religious landscape
Measure
Oildale
California
United States
Catholic
—
26.2%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
9.0%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
55.2%
51.5%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Oildale, California
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−52.7%
2008
−39.1%
2012
−38.0%
2016
−47.5%
2020
−40.7%
2024
−42.2%
DemocraticRepublican
6 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year. Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits. † 2004 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for this cycle was unreliable — either county/municipality-level consolidated reporting (COVID-era) or a precinct-to-block allocation that misplaced votes — so the figures are allocated from the constituent county totals in proportion to the place and scaled to certified totals.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
R
27.9%Harris2,796
70.1%Trump7,014
2.0%
R+42.2
R+1.5
R+40.7
10,007
R
28.4%Biden3,255
69.1%Trump7,924
2.6%
R+40.7
D+6.8
R+45.2
11,472
R
23.1%Clinton2,123
70.6%Trump6,496
6.3%
R+47.5
R+9.5
R+49.6
9,200
R
29.6%Obama2,437
67.6%Romney5,565
2.7%
R+38.0
D+1.1
R+41.9
8,227
R
30.2%Obama2,740
69.2%McCain6,289
0.6%
R+39.1
D+13.6
R+46.3
9,082
R
23.1%Kerry2,019
75.8%Bush6,627
1.2%
R+52.7
—
R+50.2
8,747
Oildale is an unincorporated community north of Bakersfield whose economy has long tracked crude prices and farm cycles, producing a working-class voter base that consistently diverges from California's statewide Democratic lean by double-digit margins.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 52.7 points in 2004. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 1.5 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 42.2 points.
A population of 34,687, a 60% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $51,298 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Elko and Pampa.
Akashic
Political twins — cities
The cities whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
In 2024, Oildale, California voted Republican by 42.2 points (R+42.2), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 10,007 votes cast, 2,796 went Democratic and 7,014 went Republican.
How many people live in Oildale, California?
Oildale, California has a population of 34,687 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Oildale, California?
Median household income in Oildale, California is $51,298 — below the national median of $80,734. The California state median is $99,122.
What is the political history of Oildale, California?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Oildale, California from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
