Bear Creek No. 4 township, Searcy County, Arkansas (AR) detailed profile
Land area: 46.7 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.2 sq. mi.
Population: 900 (all rural)
| Males: 450 |  (50.0%) |
| Females: 450 |  (50.0%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 900 (770 owner occupied, 130 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 14% |
| State: | 31% |
Races in Bear Creek No. 4 township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 97.7%
- Black: 0.1%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.3%
- Two or more races: 1.7%
Median age of males: 38.8
Median age of females: 39.3
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Average household size: 2.44
| Bear Creek No. 4 township: | 2.4 people |
| Arkansas: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 2.84
| Bear Creek No. 4 township: | $30,585 |
| Arkansas: | $40,511 |
| Here: | $290 |
| State: | $489 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $86,845 (it was $47,300 in 2000)
| : | $86,845 |
| Arkansas: | $109,500 |
| Population density: 19 people per square mile | (low). |
| This township: | 21.3% |
| Whole state: | 15.8% |
| This township: | 6.2% |
| Whole state: | 6.6% |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Notable location: Morning Star Fire Department (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Churches in Bear Creek No. 4 township include: Barren Hollow Church (A), Morning Star Baptist Church (B), Grand View Church (C), Martin Box Chapel (D), Pine Grove Church (E). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemeteries: Crider Cemetery (1), Horton Cemetery (2). Display/hide their locations on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Bear Creek (A), Spring Creek (B), Kimball Branch (C), Bee Branch (D), Beaver Creek (E), Rocky Creek (F). Display/hide their locations on the map
64% of Bear Creek No. 4 township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 66% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 26% lived in Arkansas.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 705
- Northeast: 18
- Midwest: 37
- South: 92
- West: 35
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $9,999
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.0%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 327
- Mobile homes: 112
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 4
Median worth of mobile homes: $22,800
Housing units in Bear Creek No. 4 township with a mortgage: 57 (0 second mortgage, 4 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 69
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (12%)
- Truck transportation (12%)
- Construction (10%)
- Educational services (9%)
- U. S. Postal service (8%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (6%)
- Recyclable material merchant wholesalers (6%)
- Educational services (36%)
- Health care (17%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (7%)
- Personal and laundry services (7%)
- Food and beverage stores (6%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (13%)
- Farmers and farm managers (12%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (10%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (9%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (9%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (17%)
- Health technologists and technicians (10%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (9%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (7%)
- Personal appearance workers (7%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (7%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Bear Creek No. 4 township:
- United States or American (40.8%)
- English (20.3%)
- German (4.5%)
- Scotch-Irish (3.6%)
- Irish (3.4%)
- Italian (2.5%)
- Welsh (1.3%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 285 (71%)
- Carpooled: 64 (16%)
- Walked: 25 (6%)
- Worked at home: 28 (7%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (54%)
- Wood (34%)
- Electricity (12%)
All residents speak only English at home
Household type by relationship:
Households: 892- In family households: 815 (255 male householders, 47 female householders)
252 spouses, 238 children (224 natural, 6 adopted, 8 stepchildren), 14 grandchildren, 2 brothers or sisters, 2 parents, 4 other relatives, 1 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 77 (34 male householders (32 living alone)), 40 female householders (39 living alone)), 3 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 177 2-persons, 53 3-persons, 57 4-persons, 9 5-persons, 6 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 71 1-person, 3 2-persons,
163 married couples with children.
34 single-parent households (9 men, 25 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 2
| Here: | 3.4% |
| 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% |