Choctaw is a somewhat small city located in the state of Oklahoma. With a population of 9,378 people and five constituent neighborhoods, Choctaw is the 46th largest community in Oklahoma.

Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Choctaw is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Choctaw is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Choctaw who work in office and administrative support jobs (19.68%), sales jobs (9.73%), and management occupations (6.69%).

Also of interest is that Choctaw has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Choctaw is a very car-oriented city. 98.32% of residents commute to work in a private automobile rather than by other means, such as public transit, bicycling, or walking. This is because Choctaw is a small city, and most people who live here have to drive out of town for work, and the town population is not large nor dense enough to support an extensive public transportation system. Choctaw has a lot of rural roads, and houses can be far apart. Many residents drive out of town for regular shopping trips as well.

Being a small city, Choctaw does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Choctaw Information and Demographics

The citizens of Choctaw are slightly better educated than the national average of 14.96% for all cities and towns, with 19.01% of adults in Choctaw having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Choctaw in 2000 was $21,041, which is wealthy relative to Oklahoma, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $84,164 for a family of four.

The people who call Choctaw home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Choctaw is White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Choctaw include German, Irish, and English.

The most common language spoken in Choctaw is English.