Walters is a very small city located in the state of Oklahoma. With a population of 2,381 people and just one neighborhood, Walters is the 162nd largest community in Oklahoma.
Unlike some cities, Walters isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Walters are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Walters is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Walters who work in office and administrative support (19.92%), sales jobs (13.76%), and teaching (8.32%).
Also of interest is that Walters has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
The city is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Walters has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Walters a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
As is often the case in a small city, Walters doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The citizens of Walters are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 14.44% of adults in Walters have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree
The per capita income in Walters in 2022 was $25,175, 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 $100,700 for a family of four. However, Walters contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Walters is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Walters home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Walters residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Walters include German, Irish, English, Italian, and British.
The most common language spoken in Walters is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
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 12 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 96.7% 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, 11.7% 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 Walters are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 65.8% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 35.8% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 86.2% 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, 37.5% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional 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 24.1% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (21.7%), and 16.3% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The languages spoken by people in this neighborhood are diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 92.9% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
Boston's Beacon Hill blue-blood streets, Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish enclaves, Los Angeles' Persian neighborhoods. Each has its own culture derived primarily from the ancestries and culture of the residents who call these neighborhoods home. Likewise, each neighborhood in America has its own culture – some more unique than others – based on lifestyle, occupations, the types of households – and importantly – on the ethnicities and ancestries of the people who live in the neighborhood. Understanding where people came from, who their grandparents or great-grandparents were, can help you understand how a neighborhood is today.
In the neighborhood in Walters, OK, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (15.8%). There are also a number of people of Native American ancestry (11.7%), and residents who report German roots (11.0%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (8.2%), along with some Mexican ancestry residents (5.3%), 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 30 and 45 minutes commuting one-way to work (38.4% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.
Here most residents (81.6%) 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 (14.9%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.