Joy township, White County, Arkansas (AR) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (45% naturalized citizens)
Joy township: | 2.4% |
Whole state: | 2.8% |
57% of Joy township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 30% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 84% lived in Arkansas.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1348
- Northeast: 7
- Midwest: 196
- South: 30
- West: 30
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $187,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.8%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 572
- One, attached: 9
- Two: 5
- 3 or 4: 9
- 5 to 9: 10
- Mobile homes: 15
Median worth of mobile homes: $33,800
Housing units in Joy township with a mortgage: 277 (33 second mortgage, 33 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 126
- Construction (13%)
- Food (10%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (6%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Health care (5%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Health care (24%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Social assistance (3%)
- Broadcasting, internet publishing, and telecommunications services (3%)
- Computer and electronic products (3%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (7%)
- Top executives (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (4%)
- Registered nurses (12%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
- Counselors, social workers, and other community and social service specialists (5%)
- Customer service representatives (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Joy township:
- German (57.8%)
- Irish (5.9%)
- English (5.0%)
- Norwegian (4.5%)
- Swedish (4.4%)
- United States or American (4.1%)
- Dutch (3.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (36%)
- Panama (36%)
- France (27%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 775 (86%)
- Carpooled: 76 (8%)
- Walked: 25 (3%)
- Worked at home: 24 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (43%)
- Electricity (33%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (21%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)
- Wood (1%)
- Other fuel (1%)
97.1% of residents of Joy township speak English at home.
1.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (77% speak English very well, 23% don't speak English at all).
1.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,625- In family households: 1,484 (439 male householders, 52 female householders)
433 spouses, 531 children (477 natural, 17 adopted, 37 stepchildren), 11 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 3 other relatives, 15 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 141 (53 male householders (43 living alone)), 70 female householders (62 living alone)), 18 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 193 2-persons, 129 3-persons, 110 4-persons, 45 5-persons, 4 6-persons, 10 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 105 1-person, 18 2-persons,
102 married couples with children.
14 single-parent households (4 men, 10 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 14
Here: | 6.9% |
Arkansas: | 7.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 3
Here: | 2.2% |
Arkansas: | 6.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 17
Here: | 21.0% |
Arkansas: | 14.7% |