Home inspection in Oakdale.

What we see in Oakdale homes.

Oakdale Township was organized in 1858 and covered 36 square miles of farmland. Winters meant cutting ice on Tanners Lake. The city took its present shape in 1968, when Northdale Township and part of East Oakdale joined Oakdale, and it kept annexing land into the 1990s. Today it covers 11.31 square miles with a 2020 population of 28,303 and 11,648 housing units. The 45th parallel runs through the city along Upper 35th Street North. Because the township was carved up and rejoined over decades, housing dates vary block by block.

In subdivisions built a generation or two ago, the first things to wear out are the ones that matter most: roof coverings, water heaters and furnaces near the end of their life, original windows, older service panels and finished basements that hide plumbing or moisture history. Yards around Tanners Lake and other low areas get a closer look at grading and drainage, since low ground and lakeshore keep water close to the surface. Newer pockets annexed in the 1990s show a different pattern, often exterior and grading issues.

Local facts checked September 2026 against: Wikipedia, oakdalemn.gov.