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Sentinel - Dill City, OK

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Overview


Sentinel - Dill City is a very small town located in the state of Oklahoma. With a population of 1,963 people and just one neighborhood, Sentinel - Dill City is the 177th largest community in Oklahoma.

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some towns, Sentinel - Dill City isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Sentinel - Dill City are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Sentinel - Dill City is a town of managers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Sentinel - Dill City who work in community and social services (15.74%), management occupations (13.80%), and business and financial occupations (11.94%).

Setting & Lifestyle

Sentinel - Dill City 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 overall education level of Sentinel - Dill City is somewhat higher than in the average US city of 21.84%: 27.06% of adults 25 and older in the town have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Sentinel - Dill City in 2022 was $44,408, which is wealthy relative to Oklahoma, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $177,632 for a family of four. However, Sentinel - Dill City contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Sentinel - Dill City is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Sentinel - Dill City home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Sentinel - Dill City residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Sentinel - Dill City also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 10.49% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Sentinel - Dill City include German, English, Irish, Scottish, and French.

The most common language spoken in Sentinel - Dill City is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and German/Yiddish.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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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 97.4% of the neighborhoods in America.

People

If you are planning to retire in Oklahoma, this neighborhood should be on your must-see list. For many reasons, may be considered a retiree's dream neighborhood. According to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis and metrics, it's peaceful and quiet, has above average safety from crime compared to other neighborhoods in Oklahoma, while also offering a diverse range of housing options. This, along with the vibrant mix of very educated seniors and other age groups who choose to live here, makes the neighborhood more retiree-friendly than 95.6% of neighborhoods in OK. If a Oklahoma retirement is in your future, this neighborhood should be one of the places you visit. In addition to being an excellent choice for active retirees, this neighborhood is also a very good choice for college students.

Modes of Transportation

Our research shows that more people carpool to work here in the (22.9%) than in 95.5% of the neighborhoods in America.

The Neighbors

There are two complementary measures for understanding the income of a neighborhood's residents: the average and the extremes. While a neighborhood may be relatively wealthy overall, it is equally important to understand the rate of people - particularly children - who are living at or below the federal poverty line, which is extremely low income. Some neighborhoods with a lower average income may actually have a lower childhood poverty rate than another with a higher average income, and this helps us understand the conditions and character of a neighborhood.

The neighbors in the neighborhood in Sentinel - Dill City are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 51.3% of the neighborhoods in America. With 16.0% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 62.9% of U.S. neighborhoods.

A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations.

In the neighborhood, 51.4% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 22.8% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (15.5%), and 8.1% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 92.1% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (7.7%).

Ethnicity / Ancestry

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 Sentinel - Dill City, OK, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (13.0%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (11.0%), and residents who report Mexican roots (9.3%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (8.9%), along with some Native American ancestry residents (1.6%), 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 under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (42.9% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.

Here most residents (72.0%) 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 (22.9%) . 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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