Oak HillsCA
A town of 9,013.
Is Oak Hills a good place to live?
Oak Hills grades D overall, 646th among California's 841 graded towns. Oak Hills’ average trip to work is 52 minutes, where California’s towns sit at 28 minutes and U.S. towns at 25 minutes. FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 85% of U.S. communities, with earthquakes at the top.
98% of working residents leave Oak Hills for work
Where Oak Hills’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Oak Hills grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within California), ordered by how far Oak Hills is from typical.
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Moving to Oak Hills: who provides what
Oak Hills is unincorporated, so San Bernardino County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Oak Hills.
Oak Hills is healthier than Phelan and its other neighbors and sends most of its workers to Victorville and beyond.
Oak Hills has set aside 0.1% of its land for conservation
77 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve. The trail density in Oak Hills is 3.2 miles per square mile.
| Oak Hills | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 3.2 miles per square mile | 1.0 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 0.1% | 4.3% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. San Bernardino National Forest | — | 15 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Oak Hills’ public schools trail 63% of California districts
Its public schools are run by the Hesperia Unified school district. Its one school is below. The largest public high school is Oak Hills High, with 2,370 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oak Hills HighLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 2,370 | B− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within CA on state tests and graduation
Earthquakes leads a very high hazard risk in Oak Hills
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Most working residents commute out of Oak Hills
Oak Hills has 768 jobs for its 3,387 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out. The average commute takes 52 minutes, against 28.7 across California.
Most working residents leave Oak Hills for work: only 2% work in town. Jobs based in Oak Hills grew to 768 in 2023, 384 more than in 2013. Oak Hills’ median household income is $101,000.
| Oak Hills | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 1.7% | 6.6% | 8% |
| Median household income | $101,000 | $95,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Four seasons and hot summers in Oak Hills
Oak Hills has mild winters and hot summers, with very little rain. July afternoons reach 92° and January nights drop to 38°.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
On CDC estimates, Oak Hills is less healthy than 55% of U.S. towns
Its B− for health tops all 3 graded neighbors; Phelan (C) comes closest. Against the 8,392 U.S. towns with household incomes like Oak Hills’s, it is less healthy than 80%, so it trails even them.
Oak Hills beats the California average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 10. 71% of adults had a checkup this year in Oak Hills.
| Oak Hills | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 71% | 72% | 79% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 25% | 22% | 19% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 37% | 36% | 33% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 14% | 14% |
| What stands out | Oak Hills | CA |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with COPD | 6.6% | 5.1% |
| More smokers | 13.7% | 10.9% |
| More adults with arthritis | 25.9% | 20.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
The median home in Oak Hills sells for about $652K
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Mount San Antonio and 37 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Oak Hills. Close and well known come first.
16 mi MountainMount San Antonio
24 mi Stadium & arenaToyota Arena
26 mi LakeBig Bear Lake
39 mi MountainSan Gorgonio Mountain
13 mi TheatreGlen Helen Amphitheater32 mi Theme parkRaging WatersPhoto credits
Mount San Antonio: The original uploader was Tillman at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 2.0 · Toyota Arena: jondoeforty1, CC BY 2.0 · Big Bear Lake: H.G. Judd, CC BY-SA 3.0 · San Gorgonio Mountain: Doc Searls, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Glen Helen Amphitheater: Alonzo, CC BY 2.0
Everything we know about Oak Hills
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Oak Hills
About 9 of every 100 Oak Hills residents are enrolled in college, about the same as California.
About Oak Hills
Census-designated place in California, United States
Oak Hills is a census-designated place in the Victor Valley of the Mojave Desert, within San Bernardino County, California.
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- Area
- 24 sq mi
- Elevation
- 3,799 ft
Oak Hills’s neighbors
3 towns share a border with Oak Hills.
It grades higher overall than all 3 graded towns on its borders; Phelan (D−) comes closest.
| Town | CA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oak Hills | #646 | D | D | — | C+ | B− |
| Hesperia | #740 | D− | C− | — | C+ | C− |
| Phelan | #710 | D− | C− | — | C+ | C |
| Victorville | #789 | D− | C− | — | C− | C− |
Oak Hills, Hesperia, Phelan and Victorville report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Oak Hills with a neighbor →
Questions about Oak Hills
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Oak Hills, CA a good place to live?
Oak Hills grades D overall, better than 8% of U.S. towns and #646 of 841 in California. It grades B− for health and C+ for schools. Hazard risk is its weak spot, with a D.
Is Oak Hills, CA expensive?
Yes. The typical home is worth about $528,000, 31% below the California typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades D.