Because there are quite a few people attending college in Alva, it is thought of as a college town. To the benefit of the many students in the area, Alva provides a number of services, amenities and opportunities geared towards their needs and activities.
Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Alva spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 12.41 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the city are less than they would otherwise be.
As is often the case in a small city, Alva doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The education level of Alva citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (21.84%): 37.87% of adults in Alva have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.
The per capita income in Alva in 2022 was $27,603, 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 $110,412 for a family of four. However, Alva contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Alva is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Alva home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Alva residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Alva also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 10.50% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Alva include German, English, Irish, Italian, and Scottish.
The most common language spoken in Alva is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Russian.
