It is a fairly quiet town 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!) Bernice 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. Bernice has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Bernice than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Bernice may be for you.
Bernice is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
The rate of college-level education in Bernice is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 12.75% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree.
The per capita income in Bernice in 2022 was $24,527, 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 $98,108 for a family of four. However, Bernice contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Bernice is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Bernice home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Bernice residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Bernice include German, Irish, English, Scots-Irish, and Italian.
The most common language spoken in Bernice is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.
