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Arkoma, OK

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Overview


Arkoma is a very small town located in the state of Oklahoma. With a population of 1,829 people and just one neighborhood, Arkoma is the 185th largest community in Oklahoma.

Occupations and Workforce

When you are in Arkoma, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 37.99% of Arkoma’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Arkoma is a town of service providers, transportation and shipping workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Arkoma who work in food service (12.16%), teaching (10.96%), and sales jobs (10.81%).

Setting & Lifestyle

Overall, Arkoma’s crime rate is one of the lowest in the nation, which makes a great place to live if safety is an important concern.

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, Arkoma has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Arkoma a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.

One of the benefits of Arkoma is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 17.57 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.

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

Demographics

The rate of college-level education in Arkoma is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 10.42% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree.

The per capita income in Arkoma in 2022 was $20,024, which is low income relative to Oklahoma and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $80,096 for a family of four. However, Arkoma contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

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

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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People

If you're planning where to retire, the neighborhood in Arkoma is a great option to consider. According to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive retirement dream area analysis, it's peaceful and quiet, has above average safety ratings compared to other neighborhoods in OK, offers a wide range of housing options, and has already attracted an enviable mix of college educated seniors. This neighborhood ranks as better for retirement living than 88.9% of the neighborhoods in Oklahoma. If you are considering retiring to Oklahoma, this is a good neighborhood to look at.

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, 8.8% 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 Arkoma are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 94.4% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 29.0% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 80.1% of U.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, 37.0% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 28.0% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (22.2%), and 12.9% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.6% of households.

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 Arkoma, OK, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (17.4%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (10.2%), and residents who report Native American roots (8.8%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (5.8%), along with some French ancestry residents (5.5%), 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 (52.1% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.

Here most residents (84.3%) 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 (9.0%) . 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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