Konawa is a very small city located in the state of Oklahoma. With a population of 1,269 people and just one neighborhood, Konawa is the 215th largest community in Oklahoma.
Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Konawa is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 39.23% of the Konawa workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Konawa is a city of service providers, sales and office workers, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Konawa who work in sales jobs (13.26%), food service (11.05%), and office and administrative support (7.18%).
In Konawa, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 30.60 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.
As is often the case in a small city, Konawa doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The citizens of Konawa are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 13.51% of adults in Konawa have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree
The per capita income in Konawa in 2022 was $19,205, which is low income relative to Oklahoma and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $76,820 for a family of four.
Konawa is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Konawa home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Konawa residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Konawa include German, Irish, English, French, and Dutch.
The most common language spoken in Konawa is English. Other important languages spoken here include Native American languages and Spanish.
The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.
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 26 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 93.5% of America.
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, 18.9% of this neighborhood's residents have Native American ancestry.
is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 3.1% 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 99.4% 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 Konawa are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 89.3% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 13.1% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 56.2% of U.S. neighborhoods.
What we choose to do for a living reflects who we are. Each neighborhood has a different mix of occupations represented, and together these tell you about the neighborhood and help you understand if this neighborhood may fit your lifestyle.
In the neighborhood, 38.3% 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 22.5% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (21.9%), and 17.3% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 97.4% of households. Some people also speak Native American languages (3.1%).
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 Konawa, OK, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Native American (18.9%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (5.2%), and residents who report German roots (5.1%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (4.9%), along with some Mexican ancestry residents (4.3%), 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 (29.0% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (76.0%) 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 (11.8%) and 7.9% of residents also hop out the door and walk to work for their daily commute. In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.