Stillwater is a medium-sized city located in the state of Oklahoma. With a population of 38,968 people and ten constituent neighborhoods, Stillwater is the tenth largest community in Oklahoma.

Stillwater is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 85.27% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Stillwater is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Stillwater who work in office and administrative support jobs (15.53%), teaching (13.77%), and sales jobs (11.24%).

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

Stillwater is also a major college town with a large number of people who are 18 years or older and attending college. As is often the case in college towns, the many students that live in Stillwater have a strong influence on the local culture and entertainment scene, which may seem dormant by comparison in the summer months when much of the student population is away. In the fall, the return of students has a reinvigorating effect on the community. Because colleges are lasting institutions, they have a stabilizing effect on the economy by providing direct local benefits such as jobs for faculty and staff and spending by students. Stillwater's economy is one such example of this.

Stillwater, while not large, also appears to be attractive to some younger, educated professionals, who help shape the character of the city.

Residents of the city have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 13.85 minutes getting to work every day.

Stillwater Information and Demographics

If knowledge is power, Stillwater is a pretty powerful place. 47.97% of the adults in Stillwater have earned a 4-year college degree, masters degree, MD, law degree, or even PhD. Compare that to the national average of 14.96% for all cities and towns.

The per capita income in Stillwater in 2000 was $15,789, 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 $63,156 for a family of four.

Stillwater is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Stillwater home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Stillwater is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Stillwater include German, English, Irish, and European.

The most common language spoken in Stillwater is English. Some people also speak Spanish.