Another notable thing is that Overgaard is an extremely popular vacation destination. A significant portion of the population is seasonal. During the vacation season, the town experiences a large influx of people who take up residence in second homes they own in the area. As the vacation season ends, the population drops again, leaving behind a substantially quieter and smaller town.
The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Overgaard has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Overgaard a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
Residents of the town have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 18.15 minutes getting to work every day.
Being a small town, Overgaard does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The population of Overgaard overall has a level of education that is slightly above the US average for all US cities and towns of 21.84%. Of adults 25 and older in Overgaard, 22.57% have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Overgaard in 2022 was $27,004, which is middle income relative to Arizona, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $108,016 for a family of four. However, Overgaard contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Overgaard home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Overgaard residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Overgaard include German, English, Irish, French, and Italian.
The most common language spoken in Overgaard is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Native American languages.
