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!) Pawhuska 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. Pawhuska has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Pawhuska than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Pawhuska may be for you.
One of the benefits of Pawhuska is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 17.71 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.
As is often the case in a small city, Pawhuska doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
In terms of college education, the citizens of Pawhuska rank slightly lower than the national average. 14.34% of adults 25 and older in Pawhuska have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 21.84% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community.
The per capita income in Pawhuska in 2022 was $24,792, 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 $99,168 for a family of four. However, Pawhuska contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Pawhuska is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Pawhuska home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Pawhuska residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Pawhuska include Irish, German, English, French, and European.
The most common language spoken in Pawhuska is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.
