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Waynoka - Dacoma, OK

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Overview


Waynoka - Dacoma is a very small town located in the state of Oklahoma. With a population of 1,579 people and just one neighborhood, Waynoka - Dacoma is the 192nd largest community in Oklahoma.

Occupations and Workforce

When you are in Waynoka - Dacoma, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 48.51% of Waynoka - Dacoma’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Waynoka - Dacoma is a town of construction workers and builders, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Waynoka - Dacoma who work in management occupations (10.33%), sales jobs (7.82%), and office and administrative support (6.26%).

Setting & Lifestyle

Waynoka - Dacoma is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Demographics

The education level of Waynoka - Dacoma citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 22.06% of adults in Waynoka - Dacoma have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Waynoka - Dacoma in 2022 was $32,249, which is wealthy relative to Oklahoma, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $128,996 for a family of four. However, Waynoka - Dacoma contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

The most common language spoken in Waynoka - Dacoma is English. Other important languages spoken here include German/Yiddish and Italian.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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.

Real Estate

Uncrowded roads, rural America and space to be the individual you are. If you like these characteristics, this neighborhood may fit you. With just 3 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 98.6% of all U.S. neighborhoods.

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 34.8%, which is higher than 96.4% of all U.S. neighborhoods.

Occupations

More people work in manufacturing and as laborers here in the neighborhood than in 98.4% of the neighborhoods in America. Despite the loss of manufacturing jobs across the nation, this neighborhood remains a place where, compared to other parts of the country, you will find many laborers and manufacturers.

Car Ownership

American households most often have a car, and regularly they have two or three. But households in the neighborhood buck this trend. Residents of this neighborhood must really love automobiles. NeighborhoodScout's Analysis reveals that 38.2% of the households here have four, five, or more cars. That is more cars per household than in 97.6% of the neighborhoods in the nation.

Modes of Transportation

Our research reveals that 90.6% of commuters who live in the neighborhood get to work each day by driving alone in their automobiles, which is a higher proportion than 97.1% of U.S. neighborhoods.

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, 12.7% 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 Waynoka - Dacoma are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 47.3% of the neighborhoods in America. With 35.3% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 85.8% of U.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, 48.2% 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 27.2% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (16.3%), and 8.0% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 97.8% of households.

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 Waynoka - Dacoma, OK, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (32.1%). There are also a number of people of Native American ancestry (12.7%), and residents who report English roots (8.0%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (6.1%), along with some Scottish ancestry residents (3.1%), 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 under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (38.6% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.

Here most residents (90.6%) 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 (6.5%) . 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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