About Oak Hills Place

Oak Hills Place is a somewhat small town located in the state of Louisiana. With a population of 7,996 people and just one neighborhood, Oak Hills Place is the 80th largest community in Louisiana.

Oak Hills Place is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 90.44% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Oak Hills Place is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Oak Hills Place who work in management occupations (14.41%), office and administrative support jobs (14.21%), and sales jobs (11.79%).

Of important note, Oak Hills Place is also a town of artists. Oak Hills Place has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Oak Hills Place's character.

For a small town, there is also a high proportion of single, often educated, people living in Oak Hills Place. This is not typical for most smaller communities in America, and adds a feeling of vibrancy to Oak Hills Place.

In addition to being popular with young singles, Oak Hills Place is also home to many people who can be described as "urban sophisticates." While both of these categories describe educated professionals, urban sophisticates are quite a different demographic. Urban sophisticates are people who are both educated and wealthy, and thus tend to be older, richer, and more established than young professionals. "Urban sophisticates" is not just about being educated and well-off financially: it is a point of view and state of mind, one that you might call 'urbaneness.' But such people can and do regularly live in small towns, suburbs and rural areas, as well as in big cities. They read, support the arts and high-end shops, and love travel.

Because of many things, Oak Hills Place is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Oak Hills Place a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The town's good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Oak Hills Place has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Oak Hills Place's overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.

Oak Hills Place is a small town, and as is often the case with smaller towns, the population isn't large or dense enough to support much in the way of a public transportation system. In fact, there are many rural roads around Oak Hills Place, which makes walking or biking to and from work a bit difficult. This makes for a very car-oriented town: 98.68% of residents commute to work by private automobile, and people often drive out of town for work, shopping, and other activities.

Being a small town, Oak Hills Place does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Oak Hills Place Information and Demographics

Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to Oak Hills Place, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. Oak Hills Place is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 62.23% of its adults having a college degree or even advanced degree, compared to a national average across all communities of 14.96%.

The per capita income in Oak Hills Place in 2000 was $34,994, which is wealthy relative to Louisiana and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $139,976 for a family of four. However, Oak Hills Place contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Oak Hills Place is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Oak Hills Place home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Oak Hills Place is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Oak Hills Place include French, English, German, Irish, Italian, and French Canadian.

The most common language spoken in Oak Hills Place is English.