Kiowa - Pittsburg is a very small town located in the state of Oklahoma. With a population of 1,902 people and just one neighborhood, Kiowa - Pittsburg is the 182nd largest community in Oklahoma.
Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Kiowa - Pittsburg is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Kiowa - Pittsburg is a town of service providers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Kiowa - Pittsburg who work in office and administrative support (12.25%), teaching (8.32%), and management occupations (6.35%).
It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Kiowa - Pittsburg has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Kiowa - Pittsburg has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Kiowa - Pittsburg than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Kiowa - Pittsburg may be for you.
As is often the case in a small town, Kiowa - Pittsburg doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The percentage of adults in Kiowa - Pittsburg with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 15.25% of adults in Kiowa - Pittsburg have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Kiowa - Pittsburg in 2022 was $29,208, 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 $116,832 for a family of four. However, Kiowa - Pittsburg contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Kiowa - Pittsburg is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Kiowa - Pittsburg home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Kiowa - Pittsburg residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Kiowa - Pittsburg include Irish, German, English, Scottish, and Dutch.
The most common language spoken in Kiowa - Pittsburg is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Native American languages.
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.
The neighborhood has a greater proportion of government workers living in it than 99.2% of the neighborhoods in America, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. This is a unique feature of this neighborhood, and one that shapes its character.
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 97.0% of the neighborhoods in America.
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, 7.5% 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 Kiowa - Pittsburg are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 73.2% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 24.6% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 75.7% 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, 32.8% 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 28.6% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (24.4%), and 21.0% in government jobs, whether they are in local, state, or federal positions.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.3% of households. Some people also speak Italian (3.1%).
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 Kiowa - Pittsburg, OK, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (14.1%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (14.0%), and residents who report English roots (9.0%), and some of the residents are also of Native American ancestry (7.5%), along with some Scottish ancestry residents (3.8%), 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 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (39.2% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (86.2%) 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 (7.2%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.