Purcell is a somewhat small city located in the state of Oklahoma. With a population of 6,864 people and just one neighborhood, Purcell is the 63rd largest community in Oklahoma.
Purcell is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Purcell is a city of service providers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Purcell who work in management occupations (9.77%), sales jobs (9.32%), and office and administrative support (8.97%).
Purcell 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.
In terms of college education, Purcell is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 19.92% of adults 25 and older in Purcell have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Purcell in 2022 was $29,609, 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 $118,436 for a family of four. However, Purcell contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Purcell is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Purcell home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Purcell residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Purcell also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 17.00% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Purcell include English, Irish, German, European, and Italian.
The most common language spoken in Purcell is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
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There is an especially high percentage of incarcerated people (1.3%) living in the neighborhood.
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, 5.4% of this neighborhood's residents 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 Purcell are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 66.8% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 15.5% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 62.0% of U.S. neighborhoods.
What we choose to do for a living reflects who we are. Each neighborhood has a different mix of occupations represented, and together these tell you about the neighborhood and help you understand if this neighborhood may fit your lifestyle.
In the neighborhood, 33.6% 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 26.6% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (23.9%), and 13.5% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The languages spoken by people in this neighborhood are diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 83.5% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
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 Purcell, OK, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (15.6%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (13.5%), and residents who report Irish roots (11.1%), and some of the residents are also of German ancestry (7.8%), along with some Native American ancestry residents (5.4%), 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 (35.0% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (81.8%) 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 (10.8%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.