Cities and Towns Similar to Oakland, California

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PlaceMatch lets you find places similar to any city or town you select, either using the default criteria or using criteria you specify.The criteria being used are show as column headings in the results table further below.

However, if you want to specify which factors to use in determining which places are similar to each other, you can select among dozens of other criteria. These include criteria related to crime and income, population demographics, education levels, and others; there are dozens of criteria you can select.

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Cities and Towns Similar to Oakland, California:
Sorted from most similar to least (using the default selection criteria).

Your specified criteria have resulted in 20 locations (a maximum of 100 are shown in the table below). Note that you can dictate for each each criterion (e.g., the percentage of people in poverty) whether it should match Oakland 'loosely' or 'strictly', using the Advanced Controls. This matching level, loose versus strict, is shown near the top of each column in the results table.

Click on a city or town name below to find places similar to it.
Or, to see details about a place, click its [details] link in the table below.

City, StateSimilarityGo To
City
 1 Person Houses65+College GradsCommute MinutesFamily IncomeKids 0-4Non WhitePop.PovertyProp. CrimeSeasonal HousingViol. Crime
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OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA [details] 32.4%10.5%30.9%32$44,3847.1%68.7%399,48419.4%55.50.3%12.9
1. Jersey City, New Jersey93.5[details] 29.3%9.8%27.5%35$41,6396.9%66%240,05518.6%34.20.3%12.1
2. Hyattsville, Maryland91.8[details] 30.5%10.9%26.6%34$51,6256.9%60.5%14,73310.9%55.50.1%6.4
3. Los Angeles, California91[details] 28.5%9.7%25.5%31$39,9427.7%53.1%3,694,82022.1%33.90.4%11.6
4. Long Beach, California89.5[details] 29.5%9.1%23.9%30$40,0028.4%54.8%461,52222.8%31.40.4%8.1
5. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania88.7[details] 33.8%14.1%17.9%33$37,0366.5%55%1,517,55022.9%40.20.3%13.8
6. Dallas, Texas88.5[details] 32.9%8.6%27.7%28$40,9218.3%49.2%1,188,58017.8%79.10.3%13.6
7. Tacoma, Washington88.3[details] 31.8%11.9%20%27$45,5677%30.9%193,55615.9%85.70.3%10.5
8. Houston, Texas88[details] 29.6%8.4%27%28$40,4438.2%50.7%1,953,63119.2%63.20.5%12
9. Signal Hill, California87.3[details] 32.1%7.2%24.6%27$46,4398.2%54.5%9,33317.2%73.10.5%5.8
10. East Point, Georgia86.5[details] 27.4%7.9%17.6%33$36,0998.7%83.9%39,59520.7%65.70.2%8.5
11. Tukwila, Washington84.8[details] 34.1%7.8%17.5%26$42,4427.2%41.4%17,18112.7%190.90.4%10.2
12. Everett, Washington84.8[details] 31.5%10.3%18.5%27$46,7437.8%18.9%91,48812.9%76.60.2%6.2
13. Lakewood, Washington84.6[details] 29.5%13.2%21.8%26$42,5517.3%35.2%58,21115.8%69.30.4%8.7
14. Marietta, Georgia84.1[details] 33.4%8.3%34.1%30$47,3407.9%43.5%58,74815.7%41.10.2%5.2
15. Charlotte, North Carolina83.3[details] 29.5%8.8%36.4%26$56,5177.1%41.7%540,82810.6%86.80.3%13.5
16. Fort Worth, Texas83.2[details] 28.6%9.6%22.3%26$42,9398.5%40.3%534,69415.9%72.40.3%7.1
17. Kent, Washington83[details] 28.5%7.3%24%30$52,2748.4%29.2%79,52411.6%610.3%5.1
18. Union City, Georgia81.6[details] 37.4%13.5%18.9%31$39,6977.4%74.6%11,62112.1%78.80.3%7.1
19. Murfreesboro, Tennessee78.6[details] 28.3%8.8%30.8%26$52,6546.5%20.2%68,81614.1%51.90.4%7.8
20. Ferguson, Missouri78[details] 28.2%12.5%18.2%25$39,8727.3%55.3%22,40611.6%56.60.2%3.9

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