It is a fairly quiet city because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Checotah has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Checotah has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Checotah than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Checotah may be for you.
Checotah 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 percentage of people in Checotah with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 10.29% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Checotah in 2022 was $22,391, 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 $89,564 for a family of four.
Checotah is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Checotah home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Checotah residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Checotah include German, Irish, English, French, and Dutch.
The most common language spoken in Checotah is English. Other important languages spoken here include Native American languages and Italian.
