Oak Park is a medium-sized city located in the state of Michigan. With a population of 29,108 people and eight associated neighborhoods, Oak Park is the 46th largest community in Michigan.
Also of interest is that Oak Park has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 19.81% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.
The education level of Oak Park citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (21.84%): 38.14% of adults in Oak Park have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.
The per capita income in Oak Park in 2022 was $34,974, which is upper middle income relative to Michigan, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $139,896 for a family of four. However, Oak Park contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Oak Park is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Oak Park home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Oak Park residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Oak Park include German, Irish, Polish, Russian, and English.
The most common language spoken in Oak Park is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Arabic.