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Lawton, OK
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Living in Lawton



Lawton is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of Oklahoma. With a population of 91,542 people and 32 associated neighborhoods, Lawton is the sixth largest community in Oklahoma.

The armed forces are a huge part of the life in Lawton, employing 13.50% of the workforce. While it is a military town, the civilian sector still plays an important role in the local economy, where the Healthcare and Retail industries employ 19.65% and 11.34% of the civilian workforce, respectively.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 12.94% 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.

One thing that you will notice about Lawton is that there is a good-sized population of people who are young, single, educated, and upwardly-mobile career starters. Many singles consider Lawton a good place to live without being in a really big city, with opportunities for friendships and fun with others like themselves.

Residents of the city have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 17.78 minutes getting to work every day.

The population of Lawton overall has a level of education that is slightly above the US average for all US cities and towns of 21.84%. Of adults 25 and older in Lawton, 22.49% have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Lawton in 2018 was $27,221, 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 $108,884 for a family of four. However, Lawton contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Lawton is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Lawton home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Lawton residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Lawton also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 16.00% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Lawton include German, Irish, English, Italian, and French.

The most common language spoken in Lawton is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and German/Yiddish.