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Jones, OK

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Overview


Jones is a very small town located in the state of Oklahoma. With a population of 3,012 people and just one neighborhood, Jones is the 137th largest community in Oklahoma.

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some towns, Jones isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Jones are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Jones is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Jones who work in management occupations (12.71%), office and administrative support (12.39%), and teaching (9.55%).

Setting & Lifestyle

Residents will find that the town is relatively quiet. This is because it is not over-populated, and it has fewer college students, renters, and young children - all of whom can be noisy at times. So, if you're looking for a relatively peaceful place to live, Jones is worth considering.

Demographics

The population of Jones overall has a level of education that is slightly above the US average for all US cities and towns of 21.84%. Of adults 25 and older in Jones, 23.81% have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Jones in 2018 was $30,729, which is wealthy relative to Oklahoma, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $122,916 for a family of four. However, Jones contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Jones is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Jones home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Jones residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Jones include German, Irish, English, Scots-Irish, and Scottish.

The most common language spoken in Jones is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

Many things matter about a neighborhood, but the first thing most people notice is the way a neighborhood looks and its particular character. For example, one might notice whether the buildings all date from a certain time period or whether shop signs are in multiple languages. This particular neighborhood in Jones, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.

Occupations

The neighborhood has a greater proportion of government workers living in it than 96.1% of the neighborhoods in America, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. This is a unique feature of this neighborhood, and one that shapes its character.

People

Divorcees may find friendship and understanding in this neighborhood, as 19.9% of its residents are divorced. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis found that this divorce rate is higher than in 95.2% of the neighborhoods in America.

The Neighbors

There are two complementary measures for understanding the income of a neighborhood's residents: the average and the extremes. While a neighborhood may be relatively wealthy overall, it is equally important to understand the rate of people - particularly children - who are living at or below the federal poverty line, which is extremely low income. Some neighborhoods with a lower average income may actually have a lower childhood poverty rate than another with a higher average income, and this helps us understand the conditions and character of a neighborhood.

The neighbors in the neighborhood in Jones are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 64.0% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 13.0% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 55.1% of U.S. neighborhoods.

What we choose to do for a living reflects who we are. Each neighborhood has a different mix of occupations represented, and together these tell you about the neighborhood and help you understand if this neighborhood may fit your lifestyle.

In the neighborhood, 34.7% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 26.1% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (24.8%), and 14.4% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 91.8% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (7.9%).

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Culture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents, our houses of worship, and much of our culture – our learned behavior – comes from our ancestors. That is why ancestry and ethnicity can be so interesting and important to understand: places with concentrations of people of one or more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives each neighborhood its own culture. Even different neighborhoods in the same city can have drastically different cultures.

In the neighborhood in Jones, OK, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (11.1%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (10.2%), and residents who report Irish roots (9.4%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (7.5%), along with some Italian ancestry residents (1.3%), among others.

Getting to Work

Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (45.6% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (81.3%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (11.6%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.


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