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Oakland Park, FL
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Oakland Park profile


Living in Oakland Park



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.

A relatively large number of people in Oakland Park telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 9.95% 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.

The percentage of people in Oakland Park who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 21.84%: 28.54% of adults in Oakland Park have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Oakland Park in 2018 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.

Foreign born people are also an important part of Oakland Park's cultural character, accounting for 33.33% of the city’s population.

The most common language spoken in Oakland Park is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French Creole.