Bowlegs is a tiny town located in the state of Oklahoma. With a population of 354 people and just one neighborhood, Bowlegs is the 307th largest community in Oklahoma.
Unlike some towns, Bowlegs isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Bowlegs are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Bowlegs is a town of service providers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Bowlegs who work in sales jobs (13.33%), management occupations (10.37%), and office and administrative support (6.67%).
A relatively large number of people in Bowlegs telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 8.15% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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.
It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Bowlegs has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Bowlegs has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Bowlegs than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Bowlegs may be for you.
Bowlegs 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.
The percentage of people in Bowlegs with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 10.76% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Bowlegs in 2022 was $24,985, which is middle income relative to Oklahoma, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $99,940 for a family of four. However, Bowlegs contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Bowlegs is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Bowlegs home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Bowlegs residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Bowlegs also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 14.82% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Bowlegs include Irish, German, English, Italian, and French.
The most common language spoken in Bowlegs is English. Other important languages spoken here include Native American languages and Italian.
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 Bowlegs, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
Uncrowded roads, rural America and space to be the individual you are. If you like these characteristics, this neighborhood may fit you. With just 24 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 94.0% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Native American and Czechoslovakian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 16.0% of this neighborhood's residents have Native American ancestry and 0.8% have Czechoslovakian ancestry.
is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 2.6% 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 99.3% 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 Bowlegs are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 68.7% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 14.9% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 60.8% 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, 35.6% 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 28.0% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (20.6%), and 15.1% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 96.5% of households. Some people also speak Native American languages (2.6%).
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 Bowlegs, OK, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Native American (16.0%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (10.0%), and residents who report German roots (9.4%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (9.1%), along with some Mexican ancestry residents (6.0%), 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 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (28.0% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (83.1%) 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 (9.0%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.