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.
Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Asher - Wanette is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 35.02% of the Asher - Wanette workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. 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.
A relatively large number of people in Asher - Wanette telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 8.44% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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 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.
The citizens of Asher - Wanette are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 15.12% of adults in Asher - Wanette have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree
The per capita income in Asher - Wanette in 2022 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.
The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.
This neighborhood has wide open spaces, few people, and lots of space to stretch out. If you like locations that fit that description, you may like this neighborhood. Based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis, with only 14 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 96.2% of 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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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 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.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 95.8% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (2.7%).
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 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.
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 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.