Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Sulphur spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 18.36 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the city are less than they would otherwise be.
Being a small city, Sulphur does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
In terms of college education, the citizens of Sulphur rank slightly lower than the national average. 16.44% of adults 25 and older in Sulphur have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 21.84% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community.
The per capita income in Sulphur in 2022 was $30,014, which is upper middle income relative to Louisiana, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $120,056 for a family of four. However, Sulphur contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Sulphur is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Sulphur home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Sulphur residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Sulphur include French, French Canadian, English, German, and Irish.
The most common language spoken in Sulphur is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.
