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Population (year 2000): 12,466. Estimated
population in July 2005: 13,645 (+9.5% change)
Males: 6,090 (48.9%), Females: 6,376 (51.1%)
Median resident age: 38.9 years
Median household income: $86,629 (year 2000)
Median house value: $245,300 (year 2000)
Races in Oakland:
- White Non-Hispanic (91.8%)
- Hispanic (3.9%)
- Two or more races (1.0%)
- Black (0.8%)
- Asian Indian (0.8%)
- Other race (0.7%)
- Chinese (0.6%)
- Korean (0.5%)
Ancestries: Italian (26.7%), Irish (21.2%),
German (18.1%), Polish (9.3%), English (8.5%), Dutch (5.4%).
Land area: 8.6 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Oakland
- High school or higher: 92.5%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 41.4%
- Graduate or professional degree: 14.8%
- Unemployed: 2.9%
- Mean travel time to work: 31.0 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Oakland borough
- Never married: 18.1%
- Now married: 68.8%
- Separated: 0.9%
- Widowed: 6.0%
- Divorced: 6.2%
9.2% Foreign born (4.4% Europe, 2.6% Asia, 1.6%
Latin America).
Population change in the 1990s: +495 (+4.1%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Oakland:
- RAMAPO RIDGE PSYCH HOSP (about 6 miles; WYCKOFF, NJ)
- WAYNE GENERAL HOSPITAL (about 6 miles; WAYNE, NJ)
- CHILTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 7 miles; POMPTON
PLAINS, NJ)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Oakland:
- TETERBORO (about 18 miles; TETERBORO, NJ; ID: TEB)
- NEWARK LIBERTY INTL (about 25 miles; NEWARK, NJ; ID:
EWR)
- PORT AUTH-DWNTN-MANHATTAN/WALL ST (about 28 miles;
NEW YORK, NY; ID: JRB)
Other public-use airports nearest to Oakland:
- LINCOLN PARK (about 8 miles; LINCOLN PARK, NJ; ID:
N07)
- GREENWOOD LAKE (about 9 miles; WEST MILFORD, NJ; ID:
4N1)
- ESSEX COUNTY (about 12 miles; CALDWELL, NJ; ID: CDW)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Oakland:
- WILLIAM PATERSON UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY (about 6
miles; WAYNE, NJ; Full-time enrollment: 8,017)
- RAMAPO COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY (about 7 miles; MAHWAH,
NJ; FT enrollment: 4,076)
- PASSAIC COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 9 miles;
PATERSON, NJ; FT enrollment: 2,452)
- ROCKLAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 11 miles; SUFFERN,
NY; FT enrollment: 4,409)
- BERGEN COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 13 miles; PARAMUS,
NJ; FT enrollment: 7,733)
- MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY (about 13 miles; UPPER
MONTCLAIR, NJ; FT enrollment: 10,226)
- FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON UNIVERSITY-ALL CAMPUSES (about
19 miles; TEANECK, NJ; FT enrollment: 6,482)
Public high school in Oakland:
- INDIAN HILLS HIGH (Students: 920; Location:
97 YAWPO AVE; Grades: 09 - 12)
Public primary/middle schools in Oakland:
- VALLEY MIDDLE (Students: 558; Location: 71
OAK ST; Grades: 06 - 08)
- MANITO (Students: 415; Location: 111 MANITO
AVE; Grades: KG - 05)
- HEIGHTS (Students: 372; Location: 114
SEMINOLE AVE; Grades: KG - 05)
- DOGWOOD HILL (Students: 311; Location: 25
DOGWOOD DR; Grades: KG - 05)
Private primary/middle schools in Oakland:
- OUR LADY OF PERPETUAL HELP EAR (Students:
161; Location: PURDUE - FRANKLIN AVES; Grades: PK - KG)
- GERRARD BERMAN DAY SCHOOL SOLO (Students:
150; Location: 45 SPRUCE ST; Grades: PK - 7)
- CHILDRENS DISCOVERY CENTER (Students: 110;
Location: 95 BAUER DRIVE; Grades: PK - KG)
- ST ALBANS PRESCHOOL (Students: 86; Location:
1 CHURCH LANE; Grades: PK - KG)
- THE NEW JERSEY JAPANESE SCHOOL (Students: 82;
Location: 117 FRANKLIN AVENUE; Grades: 1 - 9)
Library in Oakland:
- OAKLAND PUBLIC LIBRARY (Operating income:
$598,912; Location: MUNICIPAL PLAZA; 55,722 books; 2,550
audio materials; 1,348 video materials; 145 serial
subscriptions)
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