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. Oakland has seen a significant amount of newer housing growth in recent years. Quite often, new home construction is the result of new residents moving in who are middle class or wealthier, attracted by jobs, a healthy local economy, or other amenities as they leave nearby or far away areas for greener pastures. This seems to be the case in Oakland, where the median household income is $89,240.00.Oakland is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-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. Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 9.45% 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. In Oakland, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 38.51 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. Oakland is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.The education level of Oakland citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 30.55% of adults in Oakland have at least a bachelor's 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.
