It is a fairly quiet town 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!) Roland 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. Roland has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Roland than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Roland may be for you.
Roland is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
In Roland, just 8.09% of people over 25 hold a college degree, which is very low compared to the rest of the nation, whereas the average among all cities is 21.84%.
The per capita income in Roland in 2022 was $20,617, which is low income relative to Oklahoma and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $82,468 for a family of four. However, Roland contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Roland is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Roland home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Roland residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Roland include English, German, Irish, Italian, and Dutch.
The most common language spoken in Roland is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Other Asian languages.
