Weatherford is a small town with a large college student population. Because of this, there is a real youthful, hip vibe to the place, and much of the life in the town is centered on the college. This has helped Weatherford to buck the trend of other small towns that have suffered declining populations over the past 20 to 30 years. Spending by students, and faculty and staff jobs, are a big part of the local economy.
One of the benefits of Weatherford is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 16.42 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.
Being a small city, Weatherford does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The education level of Weatherford citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (21.84%): 38.99% of adults in Weatherford have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.
The per capita income in Weatherford in 2018 was $28,841, which is upper middle income relative to Oklahoma, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $115,364 for a family of four. However, Weatherford contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Weatherford is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Weatherford home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Weatherford residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Weatherford also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 13.39% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Weatherford include German, English, Irish, Scottish, and European.
The most common language spoken in Weatherford is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Vietnamese.
