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Ringling, OK

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Overview


Ringling is a tiny town located in the state of Oklahoma. With a population of 869 people and just one neighborhood, Ringling is the 243rd largest community in Oklahoma.

Occupations and Workforce

Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Ringling is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 37.45% of the Ringling workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Ringling is a town of sales and office workers, service providers, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Ringling who work in management occupations (13.94%), sales jobs (13.55%), and office and administrative support (12.35%).

Setting & Lifestyle

The town 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, Ringling has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Ringling 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 town, Ringling doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Demographics

The citizens of Ringling have a very low rate of college education: just 8.88% 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 Ringling in 2022 was $20,780, which is low income relative to Oklahoma and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $83,120 for a family of four. However, Ringling contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Ringling is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Ringling home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Ringling residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Ringling include German, Irish, English, Dutch West Indian, and European.

The most common language spoken in Ringling 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 Ringling, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.

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 7 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 97.7% of all U.S. neighborhoods.

Modes of Transportation

Our research shows that more people carpool to work here in the (24.2%) than in 96.5% of the neighborhoods in America.

Occupations

It used to be that most Americans lived on the farm, or otherwise made their living from the land, the forests, or the sea. With global trade and an economy increasingly based on providing services to one another, fewer people farm, fish or harvest timber now than at any time in American history. But according to NeighborhoodScout's leading analysis, the neighborhood stands apart from most American neighborhood due to the proportion of its residents still working in these fields. With 3.7% of the workforce so employed, this neighborhood has a greater concentration of such workers than 95.4% 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, 8.9% 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 Ringling are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 86.7% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 30.7% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 82.5% 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, 36.5% 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 26.4% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (22.1%), and 11.3% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 94.5% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (4.5%).

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 Ringling, OK, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (14.1%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (10.4%), and residents who report Native American roots (8.9%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (6.5%), along with some Mexican ancestry residents (4.8%), 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 (38.3% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.

Here most residents (68.6%) 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 (24.2%) . 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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