Whitton township, Mississippi County, Arkansas (AR) detailed profile
Land area: 28.5 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 385 (all rural)
Males: 172 | (44.7%) |
Females: 213 | (55.3%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 385 (279 owner occupied, 106 renter occupied)
% of renters here: | 28% |
State: | 31% |
Races in Whitton township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 52.5%
- Black: 44.7%
- Two or more races: 0.5%
Median age of males: 34.9
Median age of females: 35.2
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Average household size: 2.67
Whitton township: | 2.7 people |
Arkansas: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 3.31
Whitton township: | $35,664 |
Arkansas: | $40,511 |
Here: | $383 |
State: | $489 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $76,844 (it was $51,900 in 2000)
: | $76,844 |
Arkansas: | $109,500 |
Mean price in 2013:
Detached houses: $102,626
Here: $102,626 State: $153,111
Townhouses or other attached units: $77,550
Here: $77,550 State: $138,575
In 2-unit structures: $59,259
Here: $59,259 State: $100,537
Mobile homes: $48,181
Here: $48,181 State: $52,675
Population density: 13 people per square mile | (low). |
This township: | 1.6% |
Whole state: | 15.8% |
This township: | 0.5% |
Whole state: | 6.6% |
Cities in this township include: Birdsong.
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Churches in Whitton township include: Whitton Church (A), Saint Marys Church (B), Whitton Baptist Church (C). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemeteries: Whitton Cemetery (1), Ward Cemetery (2), Saint Marys Cemetery (3). Display/hide their locations on the map
Lakes: Snake Lake (A), Sky Lake (B), Tupelo Lake (C). Display/hide their locations on the map
79% of Whitton township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 14% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 100% lived in Arkansas.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 306
- Northeast: 9
- Midwest: 36
- South: 9
- West: 6
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.9%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 2.1% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 127
- Mobile homes: 7
Median worth of mobile homes: $17,500
Housing units in Whitton township with a mortgage: 37 (0 second mortgage, 3 home equity loan, 3 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 32
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (29%)
- Machinery (18%)
- Wood products (12%)
- Metal and metal products (11%)
- Food and beverage stores (11%)
- Machinery, equipment, and supplies merchant wholesalers (8%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Health care (17%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (12%)
- U. S. Postal service (10%)
- Finance and insurance (9%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Public administration (9%)
- Apparel (7%)
- Farmers and farm managers (17%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (15%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (13%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (12%)
- Drafters, engineering, and mapping technicians (11%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (11%)
- Woodworkers (8%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (18%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (14%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (10%)
- Other financial specialists (9%)
- Health technologists and technicians (8%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (7%)
- Cashiers (6%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Whitton township:
- German (62.7%)
- Swedish (6.2%)
- Scottish (5.3%)
- Swiss (4.0%)
- Belgian (3.6%)
- Czech (3.6%)
- Norwegian (3.1%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 132 (63%)
- Carpooled: 39 (19%)
- Walked: 12 (6%)
- Worked at home: 27 (13%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (46%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (28%)
- Wood (16%)
- Utility gas (10%)
96.6% of residents of Whitton township speak English at home.
3.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (58% speak English very well, 42% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 366- In family households: 334 (96 male householders, 16 female householders)
107 spouses, 110 children (110 natural, 0 adopted, 0 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 5 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 32 (16 male householders (9 living alone)), 7 female householders (7 living alone)), 9 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 48 2-persons, 26 3-persons, 24 4-persons, 14 5-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 16 1-person, 7 2-persons,
69 married couples with children.
22 single-parent households (7 men, 15 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 0
Here: | 0.0% |
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: 0
Here: | 0.0% |
Arkansas: | 14.7% |