Antlers is a very small city located in the state of Oklahoma. With a population of 2,193 people and just one neighborhood, Antlers is the 169th largest community in Oklahoma.
Antlers is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Antlers is a city of service providers, professionals, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Antlers who work in sales jobs (9.43%), food service (9.18%), and healthcare (8.30%).
As is often the case in a small city, Antlers doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The percentage of adults in Antlers with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 13.46% of adults in Antlers have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Antlers in 2022 was $20,117, which is low income relative to Oklahoma and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $80,468 for a family of four. However, Antlers contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Antlers is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Antlers home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Antlers residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Antlers include Irish, German, English, Italian, and Polish.
The most common language spoken in Antlers is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
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.
There is an especially high percentage of incarcerated people (2.0%) living in the neighborhood.
In addition, the neighborhood stands out for having an average per capita income lower than 95.5% of the neighborhoods in the United States.
In the neighborhood, carpooling is still a popular way to get to and from work. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals that 23.0% of commuters carpool here, which is more than in 95.6% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
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, 11.3% of this neighborhood's residents have Native American ancestry.
is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 0.6% 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 95.6% of the neighborhoods in America.
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 Antlers are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 95.5% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 31.8% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 83.5% 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, 34.7% 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 29.5% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (25.7%), and 10.9% in government jobs, whether they are in local, state, or federal positions.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 95.9% of households.
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 Antlers, OK, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (12.1%). There are also a number of people of Native American ancestry (11.3%), and residents who report German roots (8.5%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (5.2%), along with some Italian ancestry residents (3.7%), among others.
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 (54.4% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (72.7%) 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 (23.0%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.