Barnsdall - Avant is a very small town located in the state of Oklahoma. With a population of 2,848 people and just one neighborhood, Barnsdall - Avant is the 139th largest community in Oklahoma.
Barnsdall - Avant is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Barnsdall - Avant is a town of professionals, service providers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Barnsdall - Avant who work in office and administrative support (9.04%), sales jobs (8.79%), and business and financial occupations (7.49%).
Of important note, Barnsdall - Avant is also a town of artists. Barnsdall - Avant has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Barnsdall - Avant’s character.
One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 9.33% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.
One downside of living in Barnsdall - Avant, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 30.97 minutes every day commuting to work.
In terms of college education, Barnsdall - Avant is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 19.88% of adults 25 and older in Barnsdall - Avant have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Barnsdall - Avant in 2022 was $26,416, which is middle income relative to Oklahoma, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $105,664 for a family of four. However, Barnsdall - Avant contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Barnsdall - Avant is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Barnsdall - Avant home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Barnsdall - Avant residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Barnsdall - Avant include Irish, German, English, European, and Dutch.
The most common language spoken in Barnsdall - Avant is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.
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 96.1% of the neighborhoods in America.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Native American and Irish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 10.3% of this neighborhood's residents have Native American ancestry and 21.9% have Irish 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 Barnsdall - Avant are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 40.6% of the neighborhoods in America. With 15.9% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 61.9% 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, 36.1% 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 27.4% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (24.8%), and 11.3% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.7% of households.
Boston's Beacon Hill blue-blood streets, Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish enclaves, Los Angeles' Persian neighborhoods. Each has its own culture derived primarily from the ancestries and culture of the residents who call these neighborhoods home. Likewise, each neighborhood in America has its own culture – some more unique than others – based on lifestyle, occupations, the types of households – and importantly – on the ethnicities and ancestries of the people who live in the neighborhood. Understanding where people came from, who their grandparents or great-grandparents were, can help you understand how a neighborhood is today.
In the neighborhood in Barnsdall - Avant, OK, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (21.9%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (16.2%), and residents who report Native American roots (10.3%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (9.9%), along with some Mexican ancestry residents (4.6%), 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 between 45 minutes and one hour commuting one-way to work (26.2% of working residents), longer and tougher than most commutes in America.
Here most residents (77.8%) 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 (10.8%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.