Oakland is a medium-sized town located in the state of Tennessee. With a population of 10,769 people and three associated neighborhoods, Oakland is the 70th largest community in Tennessee. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in Oakland, you'll find that a large proportion of houses were recently built. New growth in residential real estate is an indication that people are choosing to move to Oakland, and putting down their money on brand new construction. Oakland’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. Oakland does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income is $97,798.00.Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Oakland is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Oakland is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Oakland who work in office and administrative support (12.19%), sales jobs (10.86%), and management occupations (9.68%). Also of interest is that Oakland 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: 12.60% 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. One downside of living in Oakland, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 36.72 minutes every day commuting to work. Being a small town, Oakland does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The education level of Oakland citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 33.15% of adults in Oakland have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Oakland in 2022 was $41,248, which is wealthy relative to Tennessee, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $164,992 for a family of four. However, Oakland contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Oakland is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Oakland home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Oakland residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Oakland include English, Irish, German, Italian, and Scottish. The most common language spoken in Oakland is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Arabic.
