Oakland is a medium-sized town located in the state of Tennessee. With a population of 10,488 people and three associated neighborhoods, Oakland is the 70th largest community in Tennessee. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in Oakland, you'll find that a large proportion of houses were recently built. New growth in residential real estate is an indication that people are choosing to move to Oakland, and putting down their money on brand new construction. Oakland’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. Oakland does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income is $89,240.00.Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Oakland is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Oakland is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Oakland who work in office and administrative support (12.91%), sales jobs (10.77%), and management occupations (8.04%). Also of interest is that Oakland has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. A relatively large number of people in Oakland telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 9.45% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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 Oakland is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Oakland, the average commute to work is 38.51 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. Being a small town, Oakland does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.In terms of college education, Oakland is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 21.84% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 30.55% of adults in Oakland have a college degree. The per capita income in Oakland in 2022 was $40,074, which is wealthy relative to Tennessee, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $160,296 for a family of four. However, Oakland contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Oakland is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Oakland home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Oakland residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Oakland include English, Irish, German, Italian, and Scots-Irish. The most common language spoken in Oakland is English. Other important languages spoken here include Arabic and Spanish.
