Goshen township, Washington County, Arkansas (AR) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (36% naturalized citizens)
Goshen township: | 1.3% |
Whole state: | 2.8% |
53% of Goshen township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 62% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 32% lived in Arkansas.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 956
- Northeast: 37
- Midwest: 207
- South: 289
- West: 173
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $50,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.0%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.5% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 568
- One, attached: 8
- Two: 4
- 3 or 4: 5
- 5 to 9: 6
- 10 to 19: 2
- Mobile homes: 84
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 2
Median worth of mobile homes: $31,300
Housing units in Goshen township with a mortgage: 195 (24 second mortgage, 12 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 44
- Construction (16%)
- Health care (7%)
- Food (7%)
- Truck transportation (6%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Health care (16%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Food and beverage stores (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (8%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (4%)
- Construction laborers (4%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (6%)
- Health technologists and technicians (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Goshen township:
- United States or American (29.8%)
- German (15.5%)
- English (14.7%)
- Irish (9.4%)
- Dutch (2.2%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.0%)
- Scottish (2.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (73%)
- Vietnam (14%)
- Philippines (9%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 678 (79%)
- Carpooled: 130 (15%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 2 (0%)
- Railroad: 4 (0%)
- Walked: 15 (2%)
- Other means: 2 (0%)
- Worked at home: 29 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (38%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (33%)
- Wood (21%)
- Utility gas (8%)
96.9% of residents of Goshen township speak English at home.
2.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (54% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 16% speak English not well, 14% don't speak English at all).
0.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,692- In family households: 1,508 (395 male householders, 69 female householders)
413 spouses, 547 children (461 natural, 20 adopted, 66 stepchildren), 22 grandchildren, 3 brothers or sisters, 3 parents, 23 other relatives, 33 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 184 (75 male householders (50 living alone)), 73 female householders (62 living alone)), 36 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 196 2-persons, 82 3-persons, 110 4-persons, 47 5-persons, 19 6-persons, 10 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 112 1-person, 33 2-persons, 3 3-persons,
378 married couples with children.
48 single-parent households (24 men, 24 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 15
Here: | 6.8% |
Arkansas: | 7.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 20
Here: | 17.4% |
Arkansas: | 6.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
Here: | 0.0% |
Arkansas: | 14.7% |