Elkins township, Washington County, Arkansas (AR) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (31% naturalized citizens)
| Elkins township: | 1.3% |
| Whole state: | 2.8% |
49% of Elkins township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 67% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 40% lived in Arkansas.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 825
- Northeast: 32
- Midwest: 148
- South: 155
- West: 89
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $70,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.1%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 491
- One, attached: 5
- Two: 8
- 3 or 4: 6
- 5 to 9: 6
- Mobile homes: 9
Median worth of mobile homes: $9,999
Housing units in Elkins township with a mortgage: 265 (24 second mortgage, 5 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 115
- Construction (17%)
- Food (8%)
- Metal and metal products (6%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Transportation equipment (5%)
- Repair and maintenance (3%)
- Health care (20%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Food (7%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (7%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Elkins township:
- United States or American (26.4%)
- German (15.8%)
- Irish (13.7%)
- English (7.4%)
- Scotch-Irish (4.4%)
- European (3.0%)
- Italian (2.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (56%)
- Other Western Europe (19%)
- Germany (13%)
- Korea (13%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 518 (80%)
- Carpooled: 101 (16%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 3 (0%)
- Walked: 14 (2%)
- Worked at home: 13 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (82%)
- Electricity (10%)
- Wood (6%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)
- Other fuel (1%)
97.4% of residents of Elkins township speak English at home.
1.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (5% speak English very well, 40% speak English well, 40% speak English not well, 15% don't speak English at all).
0.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,269- In family households: 1,121 (309 male householders, 49 female householders)
329 spouses, 375 children (321 natural, 16 adopted, 38 stepchildren), 22 grandchildren, 6 brothers or sisters, 3 parents, 11 other relatives, 17 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 148 (67 male householders (54 living alone)), 53 female householders (48 living alone)), 28 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 140 2-persons, 111 3-persons, 63 4-persons, 34 5-persons, 10 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 102 1-person, 16 2-persons, 2 5-persons,
250 married couples with children.
58 single-parent households (6 men, 52 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 2
| Here: | 1.3% |
| 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: 7
| Here: | 13.2% |
| Arkansas: | 14.7% |