Oakwood is a somewhat small city located in the state of Georgia. With a population of 6,759 people and three associated neighborhoods, Oakwood is the 157th largest community in Georgia. Much of the housing stock in Oakwood was built relatively recently. The construction of new real estate can often be taken as an indication that the local Oakwood economy is robust, and that jobs or other amenities are attracting an influx of new residents. This seems to be the case in Oakwood, where the median household income is $67,917.00.Oakwood is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Oakwood is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Oakwood who work in office and administrative support (13.54%), management occupations (10.61%), and sales jobs (7.97%). Also of interest is that Oakwood has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. A relatively large number of people in Oakwood telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 9.08% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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 citizens of Oakwood are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 24.00% of adults in Oakwood having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Oakwood in 2022 was $35,285, which is upper middle income relative to Georgia, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $141,140 for a family of four. However, Oakwood contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Oakwood is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Oakwood home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Oakwood residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Oakwood also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 29.29% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Oakwood include Irish, English, German, Italian, and Moroccan. Foreign born people are also an important part of Oakwood's cultural character, accounting for 22.16% of the city’s population. The most common language spoken in Oakwood is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Vietnamese.
