Waurika is a very small city located in the state of Oklahoma. With a population of 1,852 people and just one neighborhood, Waurika is the 184th largest community in Oklahoma.
Unlike some cities, Waurika isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Waurika are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Waurika is a city of service providers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Waurika who work in office and administrative support (15.03%), maintenance occupations (10.73%), and teaching (9.12%).
The city is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Waurika has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Waurika a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
The citizens of Waurika are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 15.90% of adults in Waurika have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree
The per capita income in Waurika in 2022 was $20,303, which is low income relative to Oklahoma and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $81,212 for a family of four. However, Waurika contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Waurika also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 34.23% of its population below the federal poverty line.
Waurika is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Waurika home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Waurika residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Waurika include Irish, German, English, Swedish, and Scottish.
The most common language spoken in Waurika is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Tagalog.
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.
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 97.0% of the neighborhoods in America.
Astoundingly, the neighborhood has one of the highest concentrations of divorcees living here than of any neighborhood, a higher concentration than NeighborhoodScout found in 96.0% of U.S. neighborhoods. This may be because people living here divorce more often than others, or that divorced people move here after they become divorced. If you are divorced, you will be in good company in this particular Waurika 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, 2.0% 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 Waurika are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 75.6% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 45.1% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 91.9% 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, 33.0% 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 29.4% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (22.8%), and 13.1% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 95.1% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (3.8%).
Culture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents, our houses of worship, and much of our culture – our learned behavior – comes from our ancestors. That is why ancestry and ethnicity can be so interesting and important to understand: places with concentrations of people of one or more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives each neighborhood its own culture. Even different neighborhoods in the same city can have drastically different cultures.
In the neighborhood in Waurika, OK, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (14.2%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (10.0%), and residents who report Mexican roots (8.9%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (7.8%), along with some Native American ancestry residents (2.0%), 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 (33.6% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (71.5%) 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 (13.0%) and 7.6% of residents also ride the bus 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.