Oak Hill is a very small city located in the state of Tennessee. With a population of 4,437 people and two constituent neighborhoods, Oak Hill is the 136th largest community in Tennessee.

Oak Hill is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 94.10% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Oak Hill is a city of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Oak Hill who work in management occupations (19.98%), office and administrative support jobs (12.22%), and sales jobs (11.13%).

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

In addition, Oak Hill is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates," which are people who are not only wealthy and employed in professional occupations, but highly educated to boot. Urban sophisticates have urbane tastes - whether they reside in a big or small city, a suburb, or a little town. Urban sophisticates support bookstores, quality clothing stores, enjoy luxury travel, and in big cities, they are truly the patrons of the arts, attending and supporting institutions such as opera, symphony, ballet, and theatre.

One of the benefits of Oak Hill is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 17.37 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.

As is often the case in a small city, Oak Hill doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Oak Hill Information and Demographics

Do you have a 4-year college degree or graduate degree? If so, you may feel right at home in Oak Hill. 63.10% 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 Oak Hill in 2000 was $58,932, which is wealthy relative to Tennessee and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $235,728 for a family of four. However, Oak Hill contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Oak Hill home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Oak Hill is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Oak Hill include English, Irish, German, Scotch-Irish, Scottish, and Italian.

The most common language spoken in Oak Hill is English.