Castle is a tiny town located in the state of Oklahoma. With a population of 171 people and just one neighborhood, Castle is the 341st largest community in Oklahoma.
Castle real estate is some of the most expensive in Oklahoma, although Castle house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.
When you are in Castle, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 36.96% of Castle’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Castle is a town of sales and office workers, transportation and shipping workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Castle who work in office and administrative support (21.74%), healthcare suport services (13.04%), and teaching (8.70%).
Of important note, Castle is also a town of artists. Castle has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Castle’s character.
One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 10.87% 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.
Overall, Castle’s crime rate is one of the lowest in the nation, which makes a great place to live if safety is an important concern.
Residents will find that the town is relatively quiet. This is because it is not over-populated, and it has fewer college students, renters, and young children - all of whom can be noisy at times. So, if you're looking for a relatively peaceful place to live, Castle is worth considering.
Being a small town, Castle does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
In terms of college education, Castle is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 21.84% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 33.87% of adults in Castle have a college degree.
The per capita income in Castle in 2022 was $28,122, which is upper middle income relative to Oklahoma, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $112,488 for a family of four.
Castle is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Castle home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Castle residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Castle include Swiss, Czech, Irish, German, and Dutch West Indian.
The most common language spoken in Castle is English. Other important languages spoken here include Native American languages and French Creole.
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.
This neighborhood has wide open spaces, few people, and lots of space to stretch out. If you like locations that fit that description, you may like this neighborhood. Based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis, with only 9 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 97.3% of America.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Native American and Swiss ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 14.9% of this neighborhood's residents have Native American ancestry and 1.5% have Swiss ancestry.
is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 2.2% 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 99.1% of the neighborhoods in America.
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 Castle are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 46.5% of the neighborhoods in America. With 18.9% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 67.9% 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, 39.3% 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 26.7% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (17.8%), and 13.3% in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.6% of households. Some people also speak Native American languages (2.2%).
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 Castle, OK, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Native American (14.9%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (11.5%), and residents who report Irish roots (10.6%), and some of the residents are also of German ancestry (10.3%), along with some Swiss ancestry residents (1.5%), 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 between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (28.7% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (79.7%) 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 (10.8%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.