About North Oaks

North Oaks is a very small city located in the state of Minnesota. With a population of 3,924 people and just one neighborhood, North Oaks is the 173rd largest community in Minnesota.

North Oaks is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 96.89% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, North Oaks is a city of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in North Oaks who work in management occupations (24.40%), healthcare (15.64%), and sales jobs (14.64%).

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their homes - 7.47% 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.

In addition, North Oaks is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates." 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, North Oaks 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, North Oaks really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is North Oaks 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.

North Oaks is very much a car-oriented city. This is because the population of North Oaks isn't large enough or dense enough to support an extensive public transit system. It has a lot of rural roads, and the distance between houses can be quite large, which together tends to discourage walking and bicycling to work. 97.51% of residents commute to work in their own car (and the drive is typically to a job out of town). People also tend to drive out of town for other services as well, such as shopping, doctors appointments, and more.

Being a small city, North Oaks does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

North Oaks Information and Demographics

Do you have a 4-year college degree or graduate degree? If so, you may feel right at home in North Oaks. 76.19% of adults here have a 4-year degree or graduate degree, whereas the national average for all cities and towns is just 14.96%.

The per capita income in North Oaks in 2000 was $72,686, which is wealthy relative to Minnesota and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $290,744 for a family of four. However, North Oaks contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call North Oaks home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in North Oaks is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in North Oaks include German, Norwegian, Irish, Swedish, English, Italian, and Polish.

The most common language spoken in North Oaks is English. Some people also speak Chinese.