Oakdale is a village in Antelope County, Nebraska, United States.

[7] According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 0.52 square miles (1.35 km2), all land.

28.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

The racial makeup of the village was 98.84% White, 0.87% Native American, 0.29% from other races.

29.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 14.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

[11] Oakdale was briefly famous nationwide in 1999 when actor and comedian Steve Carell visited Oakdale to interview Raymond Branz, a local herpetologist and venom researcher, whose snakes would sometimes escape and distress the village.

[14] Carell has referred to that early interview over the years, most recently at a June 2022 speech in the Kennedy Center in Washington DC.