East Oakdale first appeared as a
census designated place in the
2000 U.S. census. 61.5% of residents lived in urban areas, while 38.5% lived in rural areas. The Census reported that 3,201 people (100% of the population) lived in households. There were 1,214 households, out of which 24.4% included children under the age of 18. Of all households, 70.0% were married-couple households, 3.5% were
cohabiting couple households, 15.8% had a female householder with no spouse or partner present, and 10.6% had a male householder with no spouse or partner present. 17.4% of households were one person, and 11.3% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.64. There were 966
families (79.6% of all households).
2010 census The
2010 United States census reported that East Oakdale had a population of 2,762. The population density was . The racial makeup of East Oakdale was 2,530 (91.6%)
White, 7 (0.3%)
African American, 18 (0.7%)
Native American, 60 (2.2%)
Asian, 5 (0.2%)
Pacific Islander, 78 (2.8%) from
other races, and 64 (2.3%) from two or more races.
Hispanic or
Latino of any race were 284 persons (10.3%). The Census reported that 2,762 people (100% of the population) lived in households, 0 (0%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 0 (0%) were institutionalized. There were 1,055 households, out of which 301 (28.5%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 809 (76.7%) were
opposite-sex married couples living together, 40 (3.8%) had a female householder with no husband present, 27 (2.6%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 31 (2.9%)
unmarried opposite-sex partnerships, and 3 (0.3%)
same-sex married couples or partnerships. 138 households (13.1%) were made up of individuals, and 78 (7.4%) had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.62. There were 876
families (83.0% of all households); the average family size was 2.87. The population was spread out, with 562 people (20.3%) under the age of 18, 159 people (5.8%) aged 18 to 24, 413 people (15.0%) aged 25 to 44, 1,046 people (37.9%) aged 45 to 64, and 582 people (21.1%) who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 50.0 years. For every 100 females, there were 94.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.0 males. There were 1,102 housing units at an average density of , of which 984 (93.3%) were owner-occupied, and 71 (6.7%) were occupied by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate was 1.8%; the rental vacancy rate was 5.3%. 2,553 people (92.4% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 209 people (7.6%) lived in rental housing units. ==Government==