Okmulgee is a medium-sized city located in the state of Oklahoma. With a population of 11,354 people and four associated neighborhoods, Okmulgee is the 41st largest community in Oklahoma.Okmulgee is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Okmulgee is a city of service providers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Okmulgee who work in sales jobs (9.38%), food service (8.88%), and office and administrative support (8.67%). Also of interest is that Okmulgee has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. Residents of the city have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 18.61 minutes getting to work every day. Being a small city, Okmulgee does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The percentage of adults in Okmulgee with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 14.26% of adults in Okmulgee have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Okmulgee in 2022 was $24,519, 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 $98,076 for a family of four. However, Okmulgee contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Okmulgee is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Okmulgee home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Okmulgee residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Okmulgee include German, English, Irish, Scottish, and Norwegian. The most common language spoken in Okmulgee is English. Other important languages spoken here include Native American languages and Spanish.
