It is a fairly quiet city 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!) Elk City 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. Elk City has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Elk City than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Elk City may be for you.
One of the benefits of Elk City is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 15.55 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.
The citizens of Elk City are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 15.45% of adults in Elk City have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree
The per capita income in Elk City in 2022 was $26,572, which is middle income relative to Oklahoma, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $106,288 for a family of four. However, Elk City contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Elk City is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Elk City home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Elk City residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Elk City also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 16.72% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Elk City include German, English, Irish, Dutch, and French.
The most common language spoken in Elk City is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
