Oak Ridge is a medium-sized city located in the state of Tennessee. With a population of 33,397 people and ten associated neighborhoods, Oak Ridge is the 26th largest community in Tennessee.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Oak Ridge is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Oak Ridge is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Oak Ridge who work in office and administrative support (9.38%), management occupations (8.67%), and sales jobs (8.13%). Also of interest is that Oak Ridge has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 13.92% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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. The citizens of Oak Ridge are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 39.38% of adults in Oak Ridge have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree. The per capita income in Oak Ridge in 2022 was $39,693, which is wealthy relative to Tennessee, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $158,772 for a family of four. However, Oak Ridge contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Oak Ridge is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Oak Ridge home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Oak Ridge residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Oak Ridge include English, German, Irish, Scots-Irish, and Scottish. The most common language spoken in Oak Ridge is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Chinese.
