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Watts, OK

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Overview


Watts is a tiny town located in the state of Oklahoma. With a population of 277 people and just one neighborhood, Watts is the 329th largest community in Oklahoma.

Occupations and Workforce

When you are in Watts, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 42.11% of Watts’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Watts is a town of production and manufacturing workers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Watts who work in sales jobs (17.11%), the sciences (10.53%), and food service (7.89%).

And if you like science, one thing you'll find is that Watts has lots of scientists living in town - whether they be life scientists, physical scientists (like astronomers), or social scientists (like geographers!). So, if you're scientific-minded, you might like it here too.

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

In Watts, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 36.02 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.

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

Demographics

The citizens of Watts have a very low rate of college education: just 7.98% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, compared to a national average of 21.84% for all cities.

The per capita income in Watts in 2022 was $14,704, which is low income relative to Oklahoma and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $58,816 for a family of four. Watts also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 31.13% of its population below the federal poverty line.

Watts is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Watts home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Watts residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Watts also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 16.34% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Watts include Irish, German, French, Scottish, and Swedish.

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

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

Many things matter about a neighborhood, but the first thing most people notice is the way a neighborhood looks and its particular character. For example, one might notice whether the buildings all date from a certain time period or whether shop signs are in multiple languages. This particular neighborhood in Watts, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.

People

There is an especially high percentage of incarcerated people (2.2%) living in the neighborhood.

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 92.9% of the neighborhoods in 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, 27.9% of this neighborhood's residents have Native American ancestry.

is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 1.1% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Native American languages at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 97.9% of the neighborhoods in America.

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 Watts are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 93.3% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 46.6% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 92.6% 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, 37.5% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 26.3% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (21.7%), and 11.7% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 97.0% of households.

Ethnicity / Ancestry

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 Watts, OK, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Native American (27.9%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (8.6%), and residents who report Mexican roots (7.0%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (6.1%), along with some Irish ancestry residents (5.6%), 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 between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (36.6% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (83.8%) 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 (6.0%) . 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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