Bartlesville is a medium-sized city located in the state of Oklahoma. With a population of 38,114 people and 12 associated neighborhoods, Bartlesville is the 12th largest community in Oklahoma.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Bartlesville is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Bartlesville is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Bartlesville who work in office and administrative support (10.58%), sales jobs (8.93%), and management occupations (8.85%). Also of interest is that Bartlesville has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 7.25% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Bartlesville spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 18.68 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the city are less than they would otherwise be.The overall education level of Bartlesville citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 33.54% of adults in Bartlesville have at least a bachelor's degree, and the average American community has 21.84%. The per capita income in Bartlesville in 2022 was $34,695, which is wealthy relative to Oklahoma, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $138,780 for a family of four. However, Bartlesville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Bartlesville is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Bartlesville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Bartlesville residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Bartlesville include German, English, Irish, French, and Italian. The most common language spoken in Bartlesville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Langs. of India.
