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Broken Bow, OK

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Overview


Broken Bow is a very small city located in the state of Oklahoma. With a population of 4,244 people and just one neighborhood, Broken Bow is the 92nd largest community in Oklahoma.

Occupations and Workforce

When you are in Broken Bow, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 43.83% of Broken Bow’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Broken Bow is a city of sales and office workers, production and manufacturing workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Broken Bow who work in office and administrative support (13.64%), maintenance occupations (12.47%), and sales jobs (9.75%).

Setting & Lifestyle

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, Broken Bow has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Broken Bow a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.

As is often the case in a small city, Broken Bow doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Demographics

The percentage of adults in Broken Bow with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 14.60% of adults in Broken Bow have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Broken Bow in 2022 was $20,445, which is low income relative to Oklahoma and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $81,780 for a family of four. However, Broken Bow contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Broken Bow also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 32.31% of its population below the federal poverty line.

Broken Bow is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Broken Bow home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Broken Bow residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Broken Bow include Irish, English, German, French, and Dutch.

The most common language spoken in Broken Bow is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Native American languages.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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.

Occupations

NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research identifies the neighborhood as having one of the highest concentrations of people employed in manufacturing or as laborers of any neighborhood in America. In fact, despite the loss of manufacturing jobs nationally, this neighborhood has 48.4% of its working residents employed in such fields, which is a higher proportion than 98.5% of American 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, 16.9% of this neighborhood's residents have Native American ancestry.

is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 1.5% 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 98.6% 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 Broken Bow are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 84.8% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 39.2% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 88.6% 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, 48.4% 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 23.1% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (13.8%), and 13.6% in executive, management, and professional occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 88.5% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (5.5%).

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 Broken Bow, OK, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Native American (16.9%). There are also a number of people of Mexican ancestry (9.3%), and residents who report Irish roots (5.1%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (2.2%), along with some French ancestry residents (1.4%), 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 under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (49.6% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.

Here most residents (87.8%) 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 (10.9%) . 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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