Medicine Park is a tiny town located in the state of Oklahoma. With a population of 428 people and just one neighborhood, Medicine Park is the 300th largest community in Oklahoma. Much of the housing stock in Medicine Park was built relatively recently. The construction of new real estate can often be taken as an indication that the local Medicine Park economy is robust, and that jobs or other amenities are attracting an influx of new residents. This seems to be the case in Medicine Park, where the median household income is $91,875.00.
Medicine Park real estate is some of the most expensive in Oklahoma, although Medicine Park house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.
Medicine Park is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 89.09% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Medicine Park is a town of managers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Medicine Park who work in management occupations (36.97%), healthcare (17.58%), and art, media, and design (7.27%).
Of important note, Medicine Park is also a town of artists. Medicine Park has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Medicine Park’s character.
One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 19.61% 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.
In addition, Medicine Park is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates". Urban sophisticates are educated, wealthy, executives and professionals, who have urbane tastes in books, food, and travel, whether they actually live in a big city, or choose to reside in a small town. In big or medium-sized cities, urban sophisticates tend to frequent art institutions such as opera, symphonies, ballet, live theatre, and museums.
Because of many things, Medicine Park is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Medicine Park really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Medicine Park perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic nightlife, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.
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, Medicine Park is worth considering.
One downside of living in Medicine Park, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 33.86 minutes every day commuting to work.
Medicine Park is a very car-oriented town. 100.00% of residents commute to work in a private automobile rather than by other means, such as public transit, bicycling, or walking. This is because Medicine Park is a small town , 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. Medicine Park has a lot of rural roads, and houses can be far apart. Many residents drive out of town for regular shopping trips as well.
Medicine Park is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
If knowledge is power, Medicine Park is a pretty powerful place. 53.96% of the adults in Medicine Park have earned a 4-year college degree, masters degree, MD, law degree, or even PhD. Compare that to the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns.
The per capita income in Medicine Park in 2018 was $65,989, which is wealthy relative to Oklahoma and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $263,956 for a family of four.
The people who call Medicine Park home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Medicine Park residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Medicine Park include German, English, Irish, European, and Dutch.
The most common language spoken in Medicine Park is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.
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ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED | UNREPORTED | 0.1% |
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ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED | UNREPORTED | 0.1% |
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ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED | UNREPORTED | 0.1% |
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FREE LUNCH ELIGIBLE | UNREPORTED | 0.1% |
REDUCED LUNCH ELIGIBLE | UNREPORTED | 0.0% |
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