Lawton Fort Sill Regional Airport median real estate price is $19,638, which is less expensive than 99.9% of Oklahoma neighborhoods and 99.8% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
The average rental price in Lawton Fort Sill Regional Airport is currently $1,130, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. Rents here are currently lower in price than 82.4% of Oklahoma neighborhoods.
Lawton Fort Sill Regional Airport is a remote neighborhood (based on population density) located in Lawton, Oklahoma.
Lawton Fort Sill Regional Airport real estate is primarily made up of medium sized (three or four bedroom) to small (studio to two bedroom) single-family homes and apartment complexes/high-rise apartments. Most of the residential real estate is occupied by a mixture of owners and renters. Many of the residences in the Lawton Fort Sill Regional Airport neighborhood are older, well-established, built between 1940 and 1969. A number of residences were also built between 1970 and 1999.
Vacant apartments or homes are a major fact of life in Lawton Fort Sill Regional Airport. The current real estate vacancy rate here is 22.3%. This is higher than the rate of vacancies in 89.4% of all U.S. neighborhoods. In addition, most vacant housing here is vacant year round. This can sometimes be the case in neighborhoods dominated by new construction that is not yet occupied. But often neighborhoods with vacancy rates this high are places that can be plagued by a protracted vacancy problem. If you live here, you may find that a number of buildings in your neighborhood are actually empty.
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 Lawton, the Lawton Fort Sill Regional Airport neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
Of particular note, 11.2% of the people in the Lawton Fort Sill Regional Airport neighborhood currently reside in a correction facility, held due to punishment for a crime.
From major sales accounts to fast-food workers, sales and service employees are often the backbone of the local economy. In the Lawton Fort Sill Regional Airport neighborhood, they truly stand out. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis identifies this neighborhood as having a higher percentage of sales and service workers than 98.2% of all American neighborhoods.
In the Lawton Fort Sill Regional Airport neighborhood, walking to work is a real option for many. In fact, NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research reveals walking to and from work is the chosen way to commute for 12.2% of residents here. This is a higher proportion of walking commuters than we found in 96.0% of American neighborhoods. Get ready to put on your walking shoes if you move here!
Did you know that the Lawton Fort Sill Regional Airport neighborhood has more Native American ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 3.2% of this neighborhood's residents have Native American ancestry.
Lawton Fort Sill Regional Airport is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 8.2% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Vietnamese at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 99.2% of the neighborhoods in America.
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 Lawton Fort Sill Regional Airport neighborhood in Lawton are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 81.6% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 52.1% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 94.7% 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 Lawton Fort Sill Regional Airport neighborhood, 43.7% of the working population is employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is executive, management, and professional occupations, with 27.8% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (17.3%), and 11.1% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the Lawton Fort Sill Regional Airport neighborhood is English, spoken by 89.4% of households. Some people also speak Vietnamese (8.2%).
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 Lawton Fort Sill Regional Airport neighborhood in Lawton, OK, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (10.8%). There are also a number of people of Asian ancestry (8.4%), and residents who report German roots (6.2%), and some of the residents are also of French ancestry (5.2%), along with some Sub-Saharan African ancestry residents (4.9%), 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 Lawton Fort Sill Regional Airport neighborhood spend under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (55.9% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (68.6%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also hop out the door and walk to work to get to work (12.2%) and 9.7% of residents also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors 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.