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Oktaha, OK

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Overview


Oktaha is a tiny town located in the state of Oklahoma. With a population of 346 people and just one neighborhood, Oktaha is the 310th largest community in Oklahoma.

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some towns, Oktaha isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Oktaha are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Oktaha is a town of sales and office workers, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Oktaha who work in office and administrative support (18.97%), sales jobs (8.62%), and maintenance occupations (8.62%).

Setting & Lifestyle

The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Oktaha has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Oktaha a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.

Being a small town, Oktaha does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Demographics

The rate of college-level education in Oktaha is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 11.86% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree.

The per capita income in Oktaha in 2018 was $22,033, which is lower middle income relative to Oklahoma, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $88,132 for a family of four. However, Oktaha contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

The most common language spoken in Oktaha 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 Oktaha, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.

Real Estate

The real estate in this neighborhood consists of more mobile homes than 96.8% of all neighborhoods in America, with 35.6% of the occupied housing here being classified as mobile homes. So if you are looking for a mobile home, or you like the look and feel of mobile home parks, this neighborhood might have the setting you desire.

In addition, uncrowded roads, rural America and space to be the individual you are. If you like these characteristics, this neighborhood may fit you. With just 19 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 94.9% 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, 21.6% of this neighborhood's residents have Native American ancestry.

is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 0.6% 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 95.2% of the neighborhoods in America.

The Neighbors

How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.

The neighbors in the neighborhood in Oktaha are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 72.7% of U.S. neighborhoods. In addition, 8.4% of the children seventeen and under living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 54.8% of America's neighborhoods.

A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations.

In the neighborhood, 31.0% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is executive, management, and professional occupations, with 28.9% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (24.6%), and 15.1% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 96.5% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (2.8%).

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 Oktaha, OK, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Native American (21.6%). There are also a number of people of Mexican ancestry (7.8%), and residents who report English roots (6.1%), and some of the residents are also of German ancestry (5.7%), along with some Irish ancestry residents (4.4%), 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 (54.0% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (84.5%) 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 (10.2%) . 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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