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Delta - Oak City, UT

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Overview


Delta - Oak City is a somewhat small town located in the state of Utah. With a population of 5,178 people and just one neighborhood, Delta - Oak City is the 101st largest community in Utah.

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some towns, Delta - Oak City isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Delta - Oak City are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Delta - Oak City is a town of sales and office workers, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Delta - Oak City who work in office and administrative support (15.72%), sales jobs (11.60%), and maintenance occupations (9.64%).

Setting & Lifestyle

Because of many things, Delta - Oak City is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Delta - Oak City a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The town’s good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Delta - Oak City has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Delta - Oak City’s overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.

Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Delta - Oak City spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 18.12 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the town are less than they would otherwise be.

Delta - Oak 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 percentage of people in Delta - Oak City who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 21.84%: 26.45% of adults in Delta - Oak City have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Delta - Oak City in 2022 was $25,740, which is low income relative to Utah, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $102,960 for a family of four. However, Delta - Oak City contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Delta - Oak City is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Delta - Oak City home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Delta - Oak City residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Delta - Oak City also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 12.80% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Delta - Oak City include English, Danish, European, German, and Scottish.

The most common language spoken in Delta - Oak City is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Chinese.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.

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 5.4% of the workforce so employed, this neighborhood has a greater concentration of such workers than 97.2% of U.S. neighborhoods.

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 97.0% of the neighborhoods in America.

People

There is an especially high percentage of incarcerated people (0.7%) living in the neighborhood.

In addition, if you're planning where to retire, the neighborhood in Delta - Oak City is a great option to consider. According to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive retirement dream area analysis, it's peaceful and quiet, has above average safety ratings compared to other neighborhoods in UT, offers a wide range of housing options, and has already attracted an enviable mix of college educated seniors. This neighborhood ranks as better for retirement living than 89.0% of the neighborhoods in Utah. If you are considering retiring to Utah, this is a good neighborhood to look at.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Danish and English ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 9.7% of this neighborhood's residents have Danish ancestry and 38.7% have English 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 Delta - Oak City are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 45.5% of the neighborhoods in America. With 18.6% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 66.5% 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, 29.0% of the working population is employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is executive, management, and professional occupations, with 28.0% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (19.7%), and 17.8% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 87.0% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (10.9%).

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 Delta - Oak City, UT, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (38.7%). There are also a number of people of Mexican ancestry (11.6%), and residents who report Danish roots (9.7%), and some of the residents are also of German ancestry (4.3%), along with some Scottish ancestry residents (3.6%), 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 (55.6% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.

Here most residents (71.9%) 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 (15.1%) and 6.0% of residents also hop out the door and walk to work 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.


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