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Okemah, OK

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Overview


Okemah is a very small city located in the state of Oklahoma. With a population of 3,010 people and just one neighborhood, Okemah is the 127th largest community in Oklahoma.

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some cities, Okemah isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Okemah are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Okemah is a city of service providers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Okemah who work in food service (14.76%), healthcare suport services (10.03%), and teaching (9.56%).

Setting & Lifestyle

As is often the case in a small city, Okemah doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Demographics

The citizens of Okemah have a very low rate of college education: just 9.45% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, compared to a national average of 21.84% for all cities.

The per capita income in Okemah in 2018 was $18,309, which is low income relative to Oklahoma and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $73,236 for a family of four. However, Okemah contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Okemah also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 37.24% of its population below the federal poverty line.

Okemah is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Okemah home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Okemah residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Okemah include Irish, German, English, Italian, and Scottish.

The most common language spoken in Okemah is English. Other important languages spoken here include Native American languages and Spanish.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.

Modes of Transportation

In the neighborhood, carpooling is still a popular way to get to and from work. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals that 25.3% of commuters carpool here, which is more than in 97.2% of all U.S. neighborhoods.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Native American ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 22.2% of this neighborhood's residents have Native American ancestry.

is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 4.2% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Native American languages at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 99.6% 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 Okemah are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 93.1% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 46.3% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 92.4% of U.S. neighborhoods.

The old saying "you are what you eat" is true. But it is also true that you are what you do for a living. The types of occupations your neighbors have shape their character, and together as a group, their collective occupations shape the culture of a place.

In the neighborhood, 33.4% of the working population is employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is executive, management, and professional occupations, with 24.7% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (22.7%), and 17.4% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 95.3% of households. Some people also speak Native American languages (4.2%).

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Boston's Beacon Hill blue-blood streets, Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish enclaves, Los Angeles' Persian neighborhoods. Each has its own culture derived primarily from the ancestries and culture of the residents who call these neighborhoods home. Likewise, each neighborhood in America has its own culture – some more unique than others – based on lifestyle, occupations, the types of households – and importantly – on the ethnicities and ancestries of the people who live in the neighborhood. Understanding where people came from, who their grandparents or great-grandparents were, can help you understand how a neighborhood is today.

In the neighborhood in Okemah, OK, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Native American (22.2%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (6.7%), and residents who report German roots (6.7%), and some of the residents are also of Mexican ancestry (4.8%), along with some English ancestry residents (4.1%), among others.

Getting to Work

How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (45.6% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.

Here most residents (66.5%) 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 (25.3%) . 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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