Oakley is a medium-sized city located in the state of California. With a population of 44,688 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.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Oakley is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Oakley is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Oakley who work in office and administrative support (14.38%), sales jobs (10.50%), and management occupations (7.78%). 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: 13.17% 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. In Oakley, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 37.52 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. The education level of Oakley citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 22.76% of adults in Oakley have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Oakley in 2022 was $41,163, 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 $164,652 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 Black or African-American. Oakley also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 32.07% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Oakley include Italian, German, English, Irish, and European. In addition, Oakley has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (16.00%). The most common language spoken in Oakley is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Tagalog.
