Overview Porum is a tiny town located in the state of Oklahoma. With a population of 608 people and just one neighborhood, Porum is the 275th largest community in Oklahoma. Occupations and Workforce Porum is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Porum is a town of service providers, sales and office workers, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Porum who work in office and administrative support (23.29%), healthcare suport services (16.44%), and management occupations (9.59%). One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 20.14% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. Setting & Lifestyle It is a fairly quiet town 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!) Porum 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. Porum has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Porum than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Porum may be for you. One downside of living in Porum, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 36.37 minutes every day commuting to work. As is often the case in a small town, Porum doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute. Porum Demographics In terms of college education, Porum ranks among the least educated cities in the nation, as only 5.41% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Porum in 2022 was $12,680, which is low income relative to Oklahoma and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $50,720 for a family of four. Porum also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 33.33% of its population below the federal poverty line. Porum is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Porum home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Porum residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Porum include Irish, English, German, Swedish, and Dutch. The most common language spoken in Porum is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.