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 19.21 minutes getting to work every day.
Being a small city, Sulphur does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
In terms of college education, the citizens of Sulphur rank slightly lower than the national average. 16.45% of adults 25 and older in Sulphur have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 21.84% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community.
The per capita income in Sulphur in 2022 was $28,405, which is upper middle income relative to Louisiana, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $113,620 for a family of four. However, Sulphur contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Sulphur is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Sulphur home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Sulphur residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Sulphur include French, French Canadian, English, German, and Irish.
The most common language spoken in Sulphur is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.
