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!) Oneonta 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. Oneonta has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Oneonta than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Oneonta may be for you.
One downside of living in Oneonta is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Oneonta, the average commute to work is 30.58 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
As is often the case in a small city, Oneonta doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The education level of Oneonta citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 21.60% of adults in Oneonta have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Oneonta in 2022 was $32,328, which is upper middle income relative to Alabama, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $129,312 for a family of four. However, Oneonta contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Oneonta is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Oneonta home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Oneonta residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Oneonta also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 13.30% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Oneonta include Irish, English, German, Scottish, and European.
The most common language spoken in Oneonta is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
