Okay is a tiny town located in the state of Oklahoma. With a population of 567 people and just one neighborhood, Okay is the 286th largest community in Oklahoma.
Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Okay is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 42.78% of the Okay workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Okay is a town of transportation and shipping workers, service providers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Okay who work in healthcare (9.44%), management occupations (8.33%), and office and administrative support (7.78%).
Residents will find that the town is relatively quiet. This is because it is not over-populated, and it has fewer college students, renters, and young children - all of whom can be noisy at times. So, if you're looking for a relatively peaceful place to live, Okay is worth considering.
As is often the case in a small town, Okay doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The population of Okay has a very low overall level of education: only 6.62% of people over 25 hold a 4-year college degree or higher.
The per capita income in Okay in 2022 was $22,251, which is lower middle income relative to Oklahoma, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $89,004 for a family of four. However, Okay contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Okay is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Okay home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Okay residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Okay include Irish, German, Scottish, English, and European.
The most common language spoken in Okay 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.
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, 20.0% 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 Okay are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 68.7% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 38.8% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 88.7% 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, 35.8% 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 29.9% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (21.7%), and 12.5% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 97.4% of households.
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 Okay, OK, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Native American (20.0%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (11.9%), and residents who report Irish roots (11.0%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (7.6%), along with some Scottish ancestry residents (1.6%), 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 (36.3% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
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 (7.7%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.