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Haskell, OK

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Overview


Haskell is a very small town located in the state of Oklahoma. With a population of 1,668 people and just one neighborhood, Haskell is the 190th largest community in Oklahoma.

Occupations and Workforce

Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Haskell is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 36.85% of the Haskell workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Haskell is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Haskell who work in sales jobs (13.70%), teaching (11.67%), and office and administrative support (10.19%).

Setting & Lifestyle

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!) Haskell 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. Haskell has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Haskell than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Haskell may be for you.

One downside of living in Haskell is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Haskell, the average commute to work is 30.48 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

Being a small town, Haskell does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Demographics

The citizens of Haskell are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 14.08% of adults in Haskell have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree

The per capita income in Haskell in 2018 was $24,822, 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 $99,288 for a family of four. However, Haskell contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Haskell is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Haskell home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Haskell residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Haskell include Irish, English, German, Scottish, and Northern European.

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

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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Real Estate

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 30 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 92.7% of America.

Diversity

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, 10.2% of this neighborhood's residents have Native American 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 Haskell are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 81.6% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 21.9% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 71.5% 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, 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 31.2% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (22.1%), and 10.1% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 97.6% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (2.2%).

Ethnicity / Ancestry

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 Haskell, OK, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (11.0%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (10.6%), and residents who report Native American roots (10.2%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (8.2%), along with some Mexican ancestry residents (2.3%), among others.

Getting to Work

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 (29.8% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (86.5%) 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 (8.3%) . 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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