Polk township, Montgomery County, Arkansas (AR) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (100% naturalized citizens)
Polk township: | 0.7% |
Whole state: | 2.8% |
62% of Polk township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 81% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 88% lived in Arkansas.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1031
- Northeast: 16
- Midwest: 50
- South: 17
- West: 9
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $55,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.9%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.6% of all households
- Gay men: 0.6% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 616
- Two: 7
- Mobile homes: 136
Median worth of mobile homes: $34,700
Housing units in Polk township with a mortgage: 148 (6 second mortgage, 26 home equity loan, 9 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 105
- Construction (14%)
- Truck transportation (10%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (9%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (8%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (8%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (8%)
- Machinery (8%)
- Health care (15%)
- Computer and electronic products (13%)
- Finance and insurance (12%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (9%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (12%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (8%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Top executives (7%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (14%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Art and design workers (5%)
- Business operations specialists (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Polk township:
- German (51.4%)
- United States or American (11.6%)
- Irish (11.1%)
- English (9.3%)
- Scottish (3.3%)
- Swiss (3.2%)
- Welsh (3.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Russia (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 554 (88%)
- Carpooled: 37 (6%)
- Motorcycle: 5 (1%)
- Walked: 13 (2%)
- Worked at home: 23 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (81%)
- Electricity (8%)
- Utility gas (7%)
- Wood (4%)
99.2% of residents of Polk township speak English at home.
0.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,129- In family households: 1,048 (333 male householders, 24 female householders)
311 spouses, 345 children (333 natural, 6 adopted, 6 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 5 parents, 7 other relatives, 23 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 81 (61 male householders (55 living alone)), 7 female householders (7 living alone)), 13 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 190 2-persons, 50 3-persons, 72 4-persons, 41 5-persons, 4 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 62 1-person, 6 3-persons,
158 married couples with children.
25 single-parent households (12 men, 13 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 26
Here: | 20.2% |
Arkansas: | 7.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 0
Here: | 0.0% |
Arkansas: | 6.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 13
Here: | 72.2% |
Arkansas: | 14.7% |