† 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
GroupOakdaleMinnesotaUnited States
German26.7%29.2%12.5%
Irish10.8%9.9%9.4%
Norwegian9.0%12.1%—
Swedish6.8%6.5%—
English6.3%6.6%9.5%
Polish3.7%3.7%2.2%
Italian3.3%—4.8%
French3.1%1.8%1.6%
Hmong6.2%1.7%—
Asian Indian1.7%0.8%1.4%
Chinese1.2%0.5%1.3%
Vietnamese0.8%0.4%0.6%
Korean0.7%0.2%0.4%
Pakistani0.7%——
Filipino0.5%0.2%0.9%
Cambodian0.3%——
African American†4.3%3.8%9.9%
Ethiopian1.6%0.5%—
African1.0%0.5%0.5%
Nigerian0.9%0.2%0.2%
Somali0.9%1.1%—
Haitian0.5%—0.3%
Mexican3.6%3.9%11.3%
Puerto Rican0.3%0.3%1.8%
Salvadoran0.2%0.2%0.7%
Spaniard0.2%——
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
Oakdale
Minnesota
United States
Median age
39.7
39
39.1
Age 18–24
9.2%
8.8%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
17.1%
17.2%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Oakdale
Minnesota
United States
Median household income
$93,772
$89,062
$84,427
Poverty rate
5.7%
9.3%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
35.6%
39.4%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Oakdale
Minnesota
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
18.1%
12.5%
22.3%
Spanish
2.9%
4.2%
13.6%
Other Asian & Pacific Island
7.8%
2.3%
1.1%
Other languages
5.6%
2.6%
0.8%
Religious landscape
Measure
Oakdale
Minnesota
United States
Catholic
—
19.5%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
11.8%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
50.6%
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.
Oakdale, Minnesota
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+6.8%
2008
+14.4%
2012
+15.2%
2016
+9.8%
2020
+16.7%
2024
+15.5%
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
D
56.6%Harris8,928
41.1%Trump6,480
2.3%
D+15.5
R+1.2
D+17.0
15,766
D
57.0%Biden9,565
40.3%Trump6,767
2.6%
D+16.7
D+6.9
D+12.2
16,776
D
50.4%Clinton7,785
40.6%Trump6,276
9.0%
D+9.8
R+5.5
D+7.7
15,444
D
56.6%Obama8,957
41.4%Romney6,549
2.0%
D+15.2
D+0.8
D+11.4
15,817
D
56.2%Obama8,762
41.8%McCain6,519
2.1%
D+14.4
D+7.6
D+7.1
15,604
D
52.7%Kerry7,651
45.9%Bush6,664
1.3%
D+6.8
—
D+9.3
14,510
Oakdale sits in Washington County on the eastern edge of the Minneapolis–St. Paul metro, where steady population growth among younger families has nudged a historically Republican-leaning suburb toward competitive margins in recent cycles.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 16.7 points in 2020. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 1.2 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 15.5 points.
A population of 28,585, a 67% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $93,772 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of White Bear Lake and Maplewood.
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, Oakdale, Minnesota voted Democratic by 15.5 points (D+15.5), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 15,766 votes cast, 8,928 went Democratic and 6,480 went Republican.
How many people live in Oakdale, Minnesota?
Oakdale, Minnesota has a population of 28,585 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Oakdale, Minnesota?
Median household income in Oakdale, Minnesota is $93,772 — above the national median of $80,734. The Minnesota state median is $89,062.
What is the political history of Oakdale, Minnesota?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Oakdale, Minnesota from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
