Haskell is a very small town located in the state of Oklahoma. With a population of 1,690 people and just one neighborhood, Haskell is the 190th largest community in Oklahoma.
Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Haskell is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 35.43% of the Haskell workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Haskell is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Haskell who work in office and administrative support (11.74%), sales jobs (11.34%), and teaching (10.53%).
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, Haskell is worth considering.
One downside of living in Haskell, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 31.82 minutes every day commuting to work.
Haskell 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 adults in Haskell with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 14.63% of adults in Haskell have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Haskell in 2022 was $27,156, which is middle income relative to Oklahoma, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $108,624 for a family of four. However, Haskell contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Haskell is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Haskell home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Haskell residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Haskell include Irish, English, German, Scottish, and Lebanese.
The most common language spoken in Haskell 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 Haskell, 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 30 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 92.7% 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, 10.7% of this neighborhood's residents have Native American ancestry.
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 Haskell are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 80.7% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 29.1% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 80.9% 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, 36.9% 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 31.4% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (22.4%), and 9.4% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.4% 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 Haskell, OK, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (11.8%). There are also a number of people of Native American ancestry (10.7%), and residents who report German roots (8.4%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (6.1%), along with some Scottish ancestry residents (1.8%), 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 45 minutes and one hour commuting one-way to work (31.4% of working residents), longer and tougher than most commutes in America.
Here most residents (84.5%) 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.