Eufaula is a very small city located in the state of Oklahoma. With a population of 2,805 people and four associated neighborhoods, Eufaula is the 145th largest community in Oklahoma.
A relatively large number of people in Eufaula telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 14.08% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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.
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!) Eufaula 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. Eufaula has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Eufaula than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Eufaula may be for you.
One of the benefits of Eufaula is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 19.21 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 percentage of people in Eufaula with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 10.46% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Eufaula in 2022 was $21,048, which is lower middle income relative to Oklahoma, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $84,192 for a family of four.
Eufaula is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Eufaula home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Eufaula residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Eufaula include German, Irish, English, Scottish, and Polish.
The most common language spoken in Eufaula is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.