Oakley is a medium-sized city located in the state of California. With a population of 45,761 people and seven associated neighborhoods, Oakley is the 207th largest community in California. Housing costs in Oakley are among some of the highest in the nation, although real estate prices here don't compare to real estate prices in the most expensive communities in California.Oakley is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Oakley is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Oakley who work in office and administrative support (12.59%), sales jobs (10.37%), and management occupations (7.63%). 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. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 14.56% 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 Oakley, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 37.29 minutes every day commuting to work. The citizens of Oakley are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 23.15% of adults in Oakley having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Oakley in 2022 was $43,879, 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 $175,516 for a family of four. However, Oakley contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Oakley is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Oakley home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Oakley residents report their race to be 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 33.86% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Oakley include Irish, German, English, Italian, and European. Oakley also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 17.81%. The most common language spoken in Oakley is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Tagalog.
