Residents will find that the town is relatively quiet. This is because it is not over-populated, and it has fewer college students, renters, and young children - all of whom can be noisy at times. So, if you're looking for a relatively peaceful place to live, Tonopah is worth considering.
For a small town, Tonopah has a lot of people who use public transit to get to work, and those that do mostly ride the subway. This suggests that a real need for low-cost transportation in Tonopah exists, and local transit is helping to meet that need.
The percentage of adults in Tonopah with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 14.47% of adults in Tonopah have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Tonopah in 2022 was $31,090, which is lower middle income relative to Nevada, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $124,360 for a family of four. However, Tonopah contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Tonopah is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Tonopah home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Tonopah residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Tonopah also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 11.59% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Tonopah include Irish, German, English, Jamaican, and Italian.
The most common language spoken in Tonopah is English. Other important languages spoken here include French and Italian.
