Diversity

29.1k people call Oak Ridge, Tennessee home, of which 95.3% are citizens. 7.66% of Oak Ridge, Tennessee, residents were born abroad as of 2020. (2.23k people).

In Oak Ridge, Tennessee, White (non-Hispanic) residents made up 22,5k of the city's population in 2020, which was 9.98 times higher than any other race or ethnicity. The second and third most prevalent ethnic groupings were 2.25k Black or African American (Non-Hispanic) and 1.32k Two+ (Non-Hispanic) inhabitants.

Ethnicity and Race

In Oak Ridge, Tennessee, White (non-Hispanic) residents made up 22,5k of the city's population in 2020, which was 9.98 times higher than any other race or ethnicity. The second and third most prevalent ethnic groupings were 2.25k Black or African American (Non-Hispanic) and 1.32k Two+ (Non-Hispanic) inhabitants.

In Oak Ridge, Tennessee, 6.78% of the population is Hispanic (1.98k people).

Population Born Abroad

7.66% of Oak Ridge, Tennessee citizens (2,23k persons) were foreign-born as of 2020, which is less than the 13.5% national average. In Oak Ridge, Tennessee, there were 7.51% citizens who were foreign-born in 2019, a growing percentage.

By Nativity, Age

The average age of all residents in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, in 2020 was 39.3. The median age of citizens of domestic birth was 39, which was generally lower than the median age of citizens of foreign birth, which was 43. However, the population of Oak Ridge, Tennessee, is getting younger. The average age of all people living in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, in 2019 was 41.

Worldwide Diversity

Mexico was the nation of birth of 88,072 Tennessee people who were foreign-born as of the year 2020, followed by India with 23,811 and Guatemala with 14,944.

Citizenship

The percentage of US citizens living in Oak Ridge, Tennessee as of 2020 was 95.3%, greater than the 93.4% national average. In Oak Ridge, Tennessee, 95.3% of people identified as US citizens in 2019, indicating a rising citizenship rate.

Veterans

Oak Ridge, Tennessee, has 1.22 times more military people who fought in Vietnam than in any other war.

Economy

Oak Ridge, Tennessee has a median household income of $55,869. Census Tract 301 in Oak Ridge, Tennessee had the highest median household income in 2020, at $108,750, followed by Census Tract 202.01 and Census Tract 206, at $91,078 and $71,154, respectively.

In Tennessee, the average income of men is $1.37 times greater than that of women, who earn $46,310 on average. Tennessee's level of income inequality, as determined by the Gini index, is 0.463, which is lower than the national average.

12.7k people work in Oak Ridge, Tennessee's economy. Retail Trade (1,291), Professional, Scientific, & Technical Services (1,586), and Health Care & Social Assistance (1,980) are the three largest industries in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, and Information ($90,368), Utilities ($86,369), and Professional, Scientific, & Technical Services ($73,981) are the three highest paying.