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Asher - Wanette, OK

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Overview


Asher - Wanette is a very small town located in the state of Oklahoma. With a population of 2,771 people and just one neighborhood, Asher - Wanette is the 152nd largest community in Oklahoma.

Occupations and Workforce

When you are in Asher - Wanette, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 35.02% of Asher - Wanette’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Asher - Wanette is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Asher - Wanette who work in office and administrative support (12.83%), management occupations (9.46%), and teaching (7.02%).

Of important note, Asher - Wanette is also a town of artists. Asher - Wanette has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Asher - Wanette’s character.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 8.44% 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

In Asher - Wanette, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 34.65 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.

As is often the case in a small town, Asher - Wanette doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Demographics

In terms of college education, the citizens of Asher - Wanette rank slightly lower than the national average. 15.12% of adults 25 and older in Asher - Wanette have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 21.84% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community.

The per capita income in Asher - Wanette in 2018 was $29,401, which is upper middle income relative to Oklahoma, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $117,604 for a family of four. However, Asher - Wanette contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

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

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 Asher - Wanette, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.

Real Estate

Unpopulated, and rural, the neighborhood is one of the least crowded neighborhoods in all of America. If you like open space, no traffic, and lots of room, this neighborhood may be just what you are looking for. According to NeighborhoodScout's leading research, this neighborhood is less densely populated than 96.2% of the neighborhoods in America. One of the notable things about is that it is one of the quietest neighborhoods in America, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis and quantitative rating of quietness. When you are here, you will find it to be very quiet. If quiet and peaceful are your cup of tea, you may have found a great place for you.

Occupations

Each year, fewer and fewer Americans make their living as farmers, foresters, or fishers. But the neighborhood truly stands out among U.S. neighborhoods. According to exclusive NeighborhoodScout analysis, this neighborhood has a greater proportion of farmers, foresters, or fishers than 95.9% of all American neighborhoods. This is truly a unique cultural characteristic of this neighborhood.

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, 9.1% of this neighborhood's residents have Native American ancestry.

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 Asher - Wanette are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 66.9% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 19.8% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 68.5% 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, 31.0% 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 30.9% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (17.4%), and 16.6% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 95.8% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (2.7%).

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 Asher - Wanette, OK, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (10.1%). There are also a number of people of Native American ancestry (9.1%), and residents who report Irish roots (8.8%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (7.6%), along with some Mexican ancestry residents (6.0%), 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 between 45 minutes and one hour commuting one-way to work (31.4% of working residents), longer and tougher than most commutes in America.

Here most residents (77.7%) 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 (10.5%) . 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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