Hopefully someone knows something....but that reward doesn't seem to be worth telling on someone.
the median income is something in the low 20s.... in such a depressed area, a years income is not chump change. here are some demographics from city-data.com:
Population (year 2000): 1,014. Estimated population in July 2006: 947 (-6.6% change)
Males: 482
(47.5%)Females: 532
(52.5%)
Estimated median household income in 2005: $21,400 (it was $19,141 in 2000)
Weleetka
$21,400Oklahoma:
$37,063
Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $32,400 (it was $27,100 in 2000)
Weleetka
$32,400Oklahoma:
$89,100
Elevation: 720 feet
Land area: 0.69 square miles. Population density: 1374 people per square mile
(low).
For population 25 years and over in Weleetka
- High school or higher: 59.9%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 8.1%
- Graduate or professional degree: 3.3%
- Unemployed: 24.6%
- Mean travel time to work: 29.5 minutes
For population 15 years and over in Weleetka town
- Never married: 27.0%
- Now married: 42.1%
- Separated: 3.5%
- Widowed: 14.6%
- Divorced: 12.8%
14 residents are foreign born
This town:
1.4%Oklahoma:
3.8%
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000:
Weleetka:
0.7% ($199)Oklahoma:
0.7% ($523)
Single-family new house construction building permits:
- 1996: 0 buildings
- 1997: 0 buildings
- 1998: 0 buildings
- 1999: 0 buildings
- 2000: 0 buildings
- 2001: 0 buildings
- 2002: 2 buildings, average cost: $110,000
- 2003: 1 building, cost: $50,000
- 2004: 0 buildings
- 2005: 0 buildings
- 2006: 0 buildings
- 2007: 0 buildings
Most common industries for males:Health care (14%)
Construction (13%)
Educational services (10%)
Administrative and support and waste management services (7%)
Metal and metal products (5%)
Food and beverage stores (5%)
Nonmetallic mineral products (4%
Most common industries for females:Health care (31%)
Educational services (16%)
Accommodation and food services (10%)
Public administration (6%)
Apparel (5%)
Metal and metal products (4%)
Miscellaneous manufacturing (4%)
Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:
This town:
27.9%Whole state:
14.7%
Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:
This town:
9.8%Whole state:
6.1%
Weleetka compared to Oklahoma state average:
- Median household income below state average.
- Median house value significantly below state average.
- Unemployed percentage significantly above state average.
- Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
- Median age above state average.
- Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
- House age significantly above state average.
- Institutionalized population percentage above state average.
- Number of college students significantly below state average.
- Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher significantly below state average.