Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Altus spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 12.12 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the city are less than they would otherwise be.
Being a small city, Altus does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The citizens of Altus are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 23.91% of adults in Altus having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Altus in 2022 was $29,702, which is upper middle income relative to Oklahoma, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $118,808 for a family of four. However, Altus contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Altus is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Altus home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Altus residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Altus also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 28.43% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Altus include German, English, Irish, Scottish, and Italian.
The most common language spoken in Altus is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Tagalog.
