Oakley is a medium-sized coastal city (ie. on the ocean or tidally-influenced rivers) located in the state of California. With a population of 25,465 people and two constituent neighborhoods, Oakley is the 267th largest community in California.

Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Oakley is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Oakley is a city of sales and office workers, service providers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Oakley who work in office and administrative support jobs (18.68%), sales jobs (11.20%), and management occupations (8.05%).

Also of interest is that Oakley has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Because of many things, Oakley is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Oakley really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Oakley perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic night life, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.

One of the nice things about Oakley is that is it nautical, meaning that parts of the city are somewhat historic and on the ocean, or touch tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and tidal rivers. Because of this, visitors and locals will often go to these areas to take in the scenery or to enjoy waterfront activities.

One downside of living in Oakley is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Oakley, the average commute to work is 44.04 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

Oakley Information and Demographics

The percentage of adults in Oakley with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 14.96% for all communities. 13.73% of adults in Oakley have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Oakley in 2000 was $21,895, which is middle income relative to California, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $87,580 for a family of four. However, Oakley contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Oakley is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Oakley home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Oakley is White, followed by Asian. Oakley also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 24.58% of the city's residents. Important ancestries of people in Oakley include German, Irish, Italian, English, and Portuguese.

The most common language spoken in Oakley is English. Some people also speak Spanish.