Gum Woods township, Lonoke County, Arkansas (AR) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (10% naturalized citizens)
Gum Woods township: | 0.9% |
Whole state: | 2.8% |
57% of Gum Woods township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 60% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 75% lived in Arkansas.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2796
- Northeast: 31
- Midwest: 104
- South: 211
- West: 41
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $32,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.3%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
44 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,059
- Two: 118
- 3 or 4: 52
- 5 to 9: 13
- 10 to 19: 4
- 20 to 49: 9
- 50 or more: 8
- Mobile homes: 122
Median worth of mobile homes: $22,800
Housing units in Gum Woods township with a mortgage: 358 (24 second mortgage, 28 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 298
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (18%)
- Construction (8%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (6%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (5%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Health care (16%)
- Educational services (16%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Chemicals (4%)
- Farmers and farm managers (9%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (8%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (7%)
- Cashiers (6%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (4%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Gum Woods township:
- United States or American (33.3%)
- Irish (6.4%)
- German (4.2%)
- English (3.5%)
- European (2.7%)
- African (2.6%)
- Scotch-Irish (1.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Other Australian and New Zealand Subregion (31%)
- Netherlands (28%)
- Germany (17%)
- Mexico (14%)
- Guatemala (10%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,092 (84%)
- Carpooled: 162 (12%)
- Walked: 26 (2%)
- Other means: 14 (1%)
- Worked at home: 6 (0%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (61%)
- Electricity (35%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (3%)
- Wood (1%)
44 people in nursing homes
98.8% of residents of Gum Woods township speak English at home.
1.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
0.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (43% speak English very well, 57% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,176- In family households: 2,815 (628 male householders, 303 female householders)
565 spouses, 957 children (827 natural, 6 adopted, 124 stepchildren), 149 grandchildren, 56 brothers or sisters, 28 parents, 47 other relatives, 82 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 361 (113 male householders (98 living alone)), 225 female householders (220 living alone)), 23 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 44 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 388 2-persons, 255 3-persons, 177 4-persons, 84 5-persons, 20 6-persons, 7 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 318 1-person, 20 2-persons,
439 married couples with children.
267 single-parent households (36 men, 231 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 9
Here: | 2.3% |
Arkansas: | 7.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 16
Here: | 8.2% |
Arkansas: | 6.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 4
Here: | 5.3% |
Arkansas: | 14.7% |