Duty township, Lawrence County, Arkansas (AR) detailed profile
Land area: 21.7 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.6 sq. mi.
Population: 568 (all rural)
Males: 260 | (45.8%) |
Females: 308 | (54.2%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 558 (382 owner occupied, 176 renter occupied)
% of renters here: | 32% |
State: | 31% |
Races in Duty township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 97.4%
- Black: 1.1%
- Two or more races: 0.2%
Median age of males: 39.7
Median age of females: 43.3
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Average household size: 2.31
Duty township: | 2.3 people |
Arkansas: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 2.88
Duty township: | $32,036 |
Arkansas: | $40,511 |
Here: | $344 |
State: | $489 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $61,026 (it was $45,100 in 2000)
: | $61,026 |
Arkansas: | $109,500 |
Population density: 26 people per square mile | (low). |
This township: | 31.7% |
Whole state: | 15.8% |
This township: | 6.6% |
Whole state: | 6.6% |
Cities in this township include: Portia.
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Cemeteries: Crossroad Cemetery (1), Portia Cemetery (2). Display/hide their locations on the map
Lakes: Swan Pond (A), Horner Bay (B), Portia Bay (C), Clear Lake (D). Display/hide their locations on the map
Creek: Bay Creek (A). Display/hide its location on the map
58% of Duty township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 71% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 91% lived in Arkansas.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 455
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 50
- South: 42
- West: 15
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $27,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.1%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.4% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
10 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 242
- One, attached: 2
- 3 or 4: 9
- 10 to 19: 2
- 20 to 49: 4
- Mobile homes: 12
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 5
Median worth of mobile homes: $22,500
Housing units in Duty township with a mortgage: 72 (10 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 85
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (51%)
- Food (9%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (8%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (7%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (7%)
- Construction (5%)
- Other transportation, and support activities, and couriers (5%)
- Health care (22%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (14%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (12%)
- Plastics and rubber products (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (5%)
- Pharmacies and drug stores (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (50%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (13%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (12%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (7%)
- Painters and paperhangers (5%)
- Material moving workers except supervisors and laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (15%)
- Supervisors and other personal care and service workers except personal appearance, transportation, and child care workers (14%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (12%)
- Other healthcare support occupations (7%)
- Cashiers (7%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (7%)
- Farmers and farm managers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Duty township:
- United States or American (37.1%)
- Irish (17.9%)
- English (8.8%)
- German (4.0%)
- French (except Basque) (3.6%)
- Dutch (2.1%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.1%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 188 (88%)
- Carpooled: 13 (6%)
- Walked: 11 (5%)
- Other means: 1 (0%)
- Worked at home: 1 (0%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (82%)
- Electricity (10%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (5%)
- Wood (2%)
10 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
All residents speak only English at home
Household type by relationship:
Households: 557- In family households: 478 (119 male householders, 34 female householders)
120 spouses, 183 children (161 natural, 5 adopted, 17 stepchildren), 7 grandchildren, 6 brothers or sisters, 5 parents, 4 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 79 (18 male householders (14 living alone)), 54 female householders (54 living alone)), 7 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 5 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 60 2-persons, 55 3-persons, 20 4-persons, 3 5-persons, 12 6-persons, 3 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 68 1-person, 2 2-persons, 2 3-persons,
91 married couples with children.
26 single-parent households (0 men, 26 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 3
Here: | 4.3% |
Arkansas: | 7.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 2
Here: | 8.7% |
Arkansas: | 6.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 9
Here: | 47.4% |
Arkansas: | 14.7% |