Oakhurst is a somewhat small town located in the state of California. With a population of 5,945 people and two associated neighborhoods, Oakhurst is the 495th largest community in California.

Housing costs in Oakhurst 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.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 18.97% 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.

The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Oakhurst has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Oakhurst a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.

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

In terms of college education, Oakhurst 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: 29.43% of adults in Oakhurst have a college degree.

The per capita income in Oakhurst in 2022 was $44,763, which is upper middle income relative to California, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $179,052 for a family of four. However, Oakhurst contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Oakhurst is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Oakhurst home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Oakhurst residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Oakhurst also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 11.95% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Oakhurst include German, English, Irish, Dutch, and Norwegian.

The most common language spoken in Oakhurst is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.