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!) Vinita 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. Vinita has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Vinita than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Vinita may be for you.
Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Vinita spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 17.21 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the city are less than they would otherwise be.
As is often the case in a small city, Vinita doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The citizens of Vinita have a very low rate of college education: just 9.44% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, compared to a national average of 21.84% for all cities.
The per capita income in Vinita in 2022 was $21,408, 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 $85,632 for a family of four. However, Vinita contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Vinita is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Vinita home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Vinita residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Vinita include Irish, German, English, Italian, and French.
The most common language spoken in Vinita is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Vietnamese.
