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Mangum, OK

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Overview


Mangum is a very small city located in the state of Oklahoma. With a population of 2,740 people and just one neighborhood, Mangum is the 147th largest community in Oklahoma.

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some cities, Mangum isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Mangum are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Mangum is a city of sales and office workers, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Mangum who work in sales jobs (12.77%), office and administrative support (12.31%), and food service (8.32%).

Setting & Lifestyle

Mangum is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Demographics

The population of Mangum has a very low overall level of education: only 8.33% of people over 25 hold a 4-year college degree or higher.

The per capita income in Mangum in 2022 was $19,313, which is low income relative to Oklahoma and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $77,252 for a family of four. However, Mangum contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Mangum is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Mangum home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Mangum residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Mangum also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 16.72% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Mangum include Irish, German, Dutch, Italian, and English.

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

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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.

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 96.9% of the neighborhoods in America.

Occupations

The government often provides some of the more stable jobs in the economy. From local, to state, to federal government workers, the government can also be a major employer. What NeighborhoodScout's analysis revealed, is that the neighborhood in particular stands out when compared nationally for the proportion of its working residents who are employed by the government. At 14.5% of its workforce, this neighborhood has a greater concentration of government workers than 96.7% of U.S. neighborhoods.

People

There is an especially high percentage of incarcerated people (1.7%) living in the neighborhood.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Dutch ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 4.3% of this neighborhood's residents have Dutch 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 Mangum are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 74.0% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 17.2% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 64.2% 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, 34.6% of the working population is employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is executive, management, and professional occupations, with 25.7% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (24.1%), and 14.9% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 92.6% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (7.4%).

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 Mangum, OK, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (15.2%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (14.7%), and residents who report German roots (10.5%), and some of the residents are also of Dutch ancestry (4.3%), along with some English ancestry residents (4.2%), 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 (41.2% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.

Here most residents (84.6%) 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 (6.9%) . 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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