Tonopah is a very small town located in the state of Nevada. With a population of 2,179 people and two associated neighborhoods, Tonopah is the 32nd largest community in Nevada.
One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 7.57% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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.
The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Tonopah has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Tonopah a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
Tonopah, even though it is a small town, has many people who use public transportation every day to get to and from work. This is a great benefit for people in the, town who have a need for low-cost transportation.
The citizens of Tonopah are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 14.47% of adults in Tonopah have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree
The per capita income in Tonopah in 2022 was $31,090, which is lower middle income relative to Nevada, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $124,360 for a family of four. However, Tonopah contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Tonopah is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Tonopah home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Tonopah residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Tonopah also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 11.59% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Tonopah include Irish, German, English, Jamaican, and Italian.
The most common language spoken in Tonopah is English. Other important languages spoken here include French and Italian.