Oak Harbor is a very small village located in the state of Ohio. With a population of 2,790 people and two associated neighborhoods, Oak Harbor is the 393rd largest community in Ohio. Oak Harbor has a large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic villages in the country.Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Oak Harbor is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 41.72% of the Oak Harbor workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Oak Harbor is a village of transportation and shipping workers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Oak Harbor who work in office and administrative support (8.71%), healthcare (8.71%), and sales jobs (7.67%). Also of interest is that Oak Harbor has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 11.30% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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. Oak Harbor is a small village, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.The education level of Oak Harbor citizens, measured as those with bachelor's degrees or advanced degrees, is similar to the national average for all American cities and towns. 20.75% of adults 25 and older in Oak Harbor have a college degree. The per capita income in Oak Harbor in 2022 was $37,066, which is upper middle income relative to Ohio, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $148,264 for a family of four. However, Oak Harbor contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Oak Harbor is a somewhat ethnically-diverse village. The people who call Oak Harbor home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Oak Harbor residents report their race to be White. Oak Harbor also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 15.86% of the village’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Oak Harbor include German, English, Irish, European, and French. The most common language spoken in Oak Harbor is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.
