Weatherford is a small town where college students really create the town feel and character. So many small towns have lost population over the last 20-30 years that having the local college presence in the Weatherford area, with all of the energy of the students filling area dorms and apartments each fall, really helps Weatherford maintain a good economy.
One of the benefits of Weatherford is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 15.66 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.
Weatherford is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
The education level of Weatherford ranks among the highest in the nation. Of the 25-and-older adult population in Weatherford, 44.73% have at least a bachelor's degree. The typical US community has just 21.84% of its adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree.
The per capita income in Weatherford in 2022 was $31,869, 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 $127,476 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 11.76% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Weatherford include German, English, Irish, Scottish, and European.
The most common language spoken in Weatherford is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Vietnamese.
