Oakland Park is a medium-sized city located in the state of Florida. With a population of 43,824 people and ten associated neighborhoods, Oakland Park is the 77th largest community in Florida.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Oakland Park is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Oakland Park is a city of sales and office workers, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Oakland Park who work in office and administrative support (12.39%), management occupations (10.58%), and sales jobs (10.56%). Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 9.95% 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 terms of college education, Oakland Park is somewhat better educated than the 21.84% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 28.54% of adults 25 and older in the city have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Oakland Park in 2022 was $35,533, which is middle income relative to Florida, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $142,132 for a family of four. However, Oakland Park contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Oakland Park is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Oakland Park home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Oakland Park residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Oakland Park also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 31.38% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Oakland Park include Haitian, German, Irish, Italian, and English. Oakland Park also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 33.33%. The most common language spoken in Oakland Park is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French Creole.
