Davidson - Manitou is a tiny town located in the state of Oklahoma. With a population of 932 people and just one neighborhood, Davidson - Manitou is the 239th largest community in Oklahoma.
Davidson - Manitou is a blue-collar town, with 38.66% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Davidson - Manitou is a town of construction workers and builders, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Davidson - Manitou who work in sales jobs (10.65%), management occupations (10.42%), and computer science and math (8.56%).
Also of interest is that Davidson - Manitou has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
A relatively large number of people in Davidson - Manitou telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 16.50% 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.
Being a small town, Davidson - Manitou does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The education level of Davidson - Manitou citizens, measured as those with bachelor's degrees or advanced degrees, is similar to the national average for all American cities and towns. 19.67% of adults 25 and older in Davidson - Manitou have a college degree.
The per capita income in Davidson - Manitou in 2022 was $26,714, which is middle income relative to Oklahoma, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $106,856 for a family of four. However, Davidson - Manitou contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Davidson - Manitou is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Davidson - Manitou home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Davidson - Manitou residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Davidson - Manitou also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 11.78% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Davidson - Manitou include Irish, German, English, Dutch, and African.
The most common language spoken in Davidson - Manitou is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and West Germanic 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.
In a nation where 1 out of every 4 children lives in poverty, the neighborhood stands out as being ranked among the lowest 0.0% of neighborhoods affected by this global issue.
In addition, of particular note, 4.0% of the people in the neighborhood currently reside in a correction facility, held due to punishment for a crime.
Also, if you're planning where to retire, the neighborhood in Davidson - Manitou 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 85.1% of the neighborhoods in Oklahoma. If you are considering retiring to Oklahoma, this is a good neighborhood to look at.
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 99.0% of the neighborhoods in America.
In addition, despite all of the residential real estate here in the neighborhood, NeighborhoodScout has discovered that much of it is vacant. In resort or second-home vacation areas, this naturally occurs because homes and apartments are seasonally occupied, and empty for a portion of the year. In non-vacation or resort areas, however, this can be an indicator of property abandonment or a weak real estate market. The vacancy rate here is 31.9%, which is higher than 95.5% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
We Americans love our cars. Not only are they a necessity for most Americans due to the shape of our neighborhoods and the distances between where we live, work, shop, and go to school, but we also fancy them. As a result, most households in America have one, two, or three cars. But NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis shows that the neighborhood has a highly unusual pattern of car ownership. Residents of this neighborhood must really love automobiles. NeighborhoodScout's Analysis reveals that 36.7% of the households here have four, five, or more cars. That is more cars per household than in 96.9% of the neighborhoods in the nation.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Dutch and Native American ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 4.1% of this neighborhood's residents have Dutch ancestry and 2.6% have Native American ancestry.
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 Davidson - Manitou are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 69.2% of U.S. neighborhoods. In addition, 0.0% of the children seventeen and under living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 100.0% of America'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, 36.3% 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 35.0% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (15.3%), and 11.1% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 93.5% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (6.5%).
Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.
In the neighborhood in Davidson - Manitou, OK, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (13.3%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (11.9%), and residents who report Mexican roots (9.4%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (8.3%), along with some Dutch ancestry residents (4.1%), among others.
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 (32.7% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (66.0%) 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 (12.1%) and 5.4% of residents also hop out the door and walk to work for their daily commute. In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.