Because there are quite a few people attending college in Weatherford, it is thought of as a college town. To the benefit of the many students in the area, Weatherford provides a number of services, amenities and opportunities geared towards their needs and activities.
One of the benefits of Weatherford is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 16.49 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.
Being a small city, Weatherford does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The citizens of Weatherford are among the most well-educated in the nation: 40.92% of adults in Weatherford have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree, whereas the average US city has 21.84% holding at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Weatherford in 2022 was $32,644, which is upper middle income relative to Oklahoma, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $130,576 for a family of four. However, Weatherford contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Weatherford is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Weatherford home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Weatherford residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Weatherford also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 11.06% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Weatherford include German, English, Irish, European, and Scottish.
The most common language spoken in Weatherford is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Vietnamese.
