Overall, Oak Hill’s crime rate is one of the lowest in the nation, which makes a great place to live if safety is an important concern.
The city is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Oak Hill has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Oak Hill a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
As is often the case in a small city, Oak Hill doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
In terms of college education, the citizens of Oak Hill rank slightly lower than the national average. 15.17% of adults 25 and older in Oak Hill have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 21.84% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community.
The per capita income in Oak Hill in 2022 was $26,575, which is middle income relative to West Virginia, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $106,300 for a family of four. However, Oak Hill contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Oak Hill home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Oak Hill residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Oak Hill include English, Irish, German, Scots-Irish, and European.
The most common language spoken in Oak Hill is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
