The overall crime rate in Oak Hill is one of the lowest in the US. This makes it one of the safer places to live in the country in terms of crime.
It is a fairly quiet city because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Oak Hill has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Oak Hill has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Oak Hill than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Oak Hill may be for you.
As is often the case in a small city, Oak Hill doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The percentage of adults in Oak Hill with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 15.17% of adults in Oak Hill have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
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.
