Oak Ridge TN Info
Oak Ridge is a medium-sized city located in the state of Tennessee. With a population of 29,156 people and ten constituent neighborhoods, Oak Ridge is the 22nd largest community in Tennessee.
Unlike some cities, Oak Ridge isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Oak Ridge are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Oak Ridge is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Oak Ridge who work in office and administrative support (11.95%), management occupations (9.32%), and sales jobs (8.46%).
And if you like science, one thing you’ll find is that Oak Ridge has lots of scientists living in town – whether they be life scientists, physical scientists (like astronomers), or social scientists (like geographers!). So, if you’re scientific-minded, you might like it here too.
Also of interest is that Oak Ridge has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
The education level of Oak Ridge citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (21.84%): 37.42% of adults in Oak Ridge have a bachelor’s degree or even advanced degree.
The per capita income in Oak Ridge in 2018 was $32,460, which is wealthy relative to Tennessee, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $129,840 for a family of four. However, Oak Ridge contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Oak Ridge is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Oak Ridge home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Oak Ridge residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Oak Ridge include German, Irish, English, Scots-Irish, and Scottish.
The most common language spoken in Oak Ridge is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Chinese.
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