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!) Ozark 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. Ozark has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Ozark than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Ozark may be for you.
Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Ozark spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 19.15 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the city are less than they would otherwise be.
Being a small city, Ozark does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The rate of college-level education in Ozark is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 10.44% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree.
The per capita income in Ozark in 2022 was $24,470, which is middle income relative to Arkansas, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $97,880 for a family of four. However, Ozark contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Ozark home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Ozark residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Ozark include Irish, German, English, Scots-Irish, and Italian.
The most common language spoken in Ozark is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and African languages.
