Spiro is a very small town located in the state of Oklahoma. With a population of 2,131 people and two associated neighborhoods, Spiro is the 171st largest community in Oklahoma.Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Spiro is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Spiro is a town of service providers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Spiro who work in food service (11.10%), maintenance occupations (7.72%), and healthcare suport services (7.58%). Also of interest is that Spiro has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. Being a small town, Spiro does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The percentage of people in Spiro with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 12.97% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Spiro in 2022 was $21,825, 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 $87,300 for a family of four. However, Spiro contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Spiro is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Spiro home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Spiro residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Spiro include Irish, German, English, Scottish, and Italian. The most common language spoken in Spiro is English. Other important languages spoken here include Laotian and Spanish.
