Davis is a very small city located in the state of Oklahoma. With a population of 2,797 people and just one neighborhood, Davis is the 141st largest community in Oklahoma.
When you are in Davis, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 38.52% of Davis’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Davis is a city of sales and office workers, transportation and shipping workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Davis who work in sales jobs (11.86%), office and administrative support (9.59%), and management occupations (9.42%).
It is a fairly quiet city 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!) Davis 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. Davis has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Davis than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Davis may be for you.
As is often the case in a small city, Davis doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The percentage of people in Davis with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 12.16% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Davis in 2022 was $27,620, 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 $110,480 for a family of four. However, Davis contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Davis is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Davis home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Davis residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Davis include Irish, English, German, Dutch, and Norwegian.
The most common language spoken in Davis is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
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 Davis, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
While most Americans do drive to work alone each day, the neighborhood stands out by having 89.9% of commuters doing so, which is a higher proportion of people driving alone to work than NeighborhoodScout found in 96.2% of all American 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, 12.4% of this neighborhood's residents have Native American 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 Davis are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 74.2% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 27.4% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 78.4% 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, 40.6% 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 25.1% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (21.8%), and 12.2% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 95.0% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (3.4%).
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 Davis, OK, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Native American (12.4%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (12.3%), and residents who report German roots (12.1%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (8.9%), along with some Mexican ancestry residents (7.6%), 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 (35.0% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (89.9%) 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 (5.6%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.