In addition, Alva is a college town. There are a lot of students in Alva attending college, and as a result Alva provides a number of services, amenities and opportunities geared to the needs and activities of students.
One of the benefits of Alva is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 12.35 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.
Alva 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 population of Alva is very well educated relative to most cities and towns in the nation, where the average community has 21.84% of its adult population holding a 4-year degree or higher: 37.54% of adults in Alva have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.
The per capita income in Alva in 2022 was $28,218, 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 $112,872 for a family of four. However, Alva contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Alva is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Alva home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Alva residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Alva also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 10.92% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Alva include German, Irish, English, Italian, and Scottish.
The most common language spoken in Alva is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Russian.
