Lawton is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of Oklahoma. With a population of 91,542 people and 32 associated neighborhoods, Lawton is the sixth largest community in Oklahoma.The armed forces are a huge part of the life in Lawton, employing 13.50% of the workforce. While it is a military town, the civilian sector still plays an important role in the local economy, where the Healthcare and Retail industries employ 19.65% and 11.34% of the civilian workforce, respectively. A relatively large number of people in Lawton telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 12.94% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. One of the benefits of Lawton is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 17.78 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.The population of Lawton 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 Lawton, 22.49% have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Lawton in 2022 was $27,221, which is upper middle income relative to Oklahoma, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $108,884 for a family of four. However, Lawton contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Lawton is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Lawton home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Lawton residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Lawton also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 16.00% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Lawton include German, Irish, English, Italian, and French. The most common language spoken in Lawton is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and German/Yiddish.
