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.Oakley is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-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. A relatively large number of people in Oakley telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 13.17% 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 Oakley is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Oakley, the average commute to work is 37.52 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. The population of Oakley overall has a level of education that is slightly above the US average for all US cities and towns of 21.84%. Of adults 25 and older in Oakley, 22.76% 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. Foreign born people are also an important part of Oakley's cultural character, accounting for 16.00% of the city’s population. The most common language spoken in Oakley is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Tagalog.
