Manchester township, Dallas County, Arkansas (AR) detailed profile
Land area: 56.8 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.2 sq. mi.
Population: 380 (all rural)
| Males: 196 |  (51.6%) |
| Females: 184 |  (48.4%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 380 (330 owner occupied, 50 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 13% |
| State: | 31% |
Races in Manchester township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 59.7%
- Black: 37.4%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 2.1%
Median age of males: 43.8
Median age of females: 43.8
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Average household size: 2.33
| Manchester township: | 2.3 people |
| Arkansas: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 2.93
| Manchester township: | $28,749 |
| Arkansas: | $40,511 |
| Here: | $293 |
| State: | $489 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $60,414 (it was $36,300 in 2000)
| : | $60,414 |
| Arkansas: | $109,500 |
| Population density: 7 people per square mile | (very low). |
| This township: | 23.7% |
| Whole state: | 15.8% |
| This township: | 8.4% |
| Whole state: | 6.6% |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Notable location: Manning Rural Volunteer Fire Station (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Churches in Manchester township include: Centerpoint Church (A), Macedonia Church (B), Macedonia Primitive Baptist Church (C), Shady Grove Baptist Church (D), Rock Springs Church (E). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemeteries: Turner Cemetery (1), Macedonia Cemetery (2), DeLamar Cemetery (3), Centerpoint Cemetery (4), Holeman Cemetery (5). Display/hide their locations on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Black Branch (A). Display/hide its location on the map
79% of Manchester township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 63% 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: 318
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 22
- South: 28
- West: 11
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $9,999
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.3%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.6% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 138
- 5 to 9: 8
- Mobile homes: 68
Median worth of mobile homes: $34,500
Housing units in Manchester township with a mortgage: 17 (0 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 30
- Construction (21%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (17%)
- Educational services (17%)
- Wood products (8%)
- Paper (6%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (6%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Educational services (25%)
- Apparel (12%)
- Health care (12%)
- Food (10%)
- Public administration (10%)
- Construction (8%)
- Nonmetallic mineral products (8%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (17%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (13%)
- Farmers and farm managers (9%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Supervisors of construction and extraction workers (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (12%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (12%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (8%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (8%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (8%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Supervisors and other personal care and service workers except personal appearance, transportation, and child care workers (7%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Manchester township:
- United States or American (21.8%)
- Irish (8.1%)
- German (7.7%)
- English (3.4%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.1%)
- Portuguese (1.7%)
- British (1.3%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 126 (76%)
- Carpooled: 31 (19%)
- Subway or elevated: 3 (2%)
- Worked at home: 5 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (51%)
- Electricity (30%)
- Wood (19%)
96.7% of residents of Manchester township speak English at home.
3.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (42% speak English very well, 33% speak English well, 25% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 379- In family households: 314 (90 male householders, 21 female householders)
87 spouses, 89 children (79 natural, 4 adopted, 6 stepchildren), 18 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 3 other relatives, 6 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 65 (47 male householders (45 living alone)), 15 female householders (15 living alone)), 3 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 65 2-persons, 11 3-persons, 22 4-persons, 13 5-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 60 1-person, 2 2-persons,
54 married couples with children.
14 single-parent households (4 men, 10 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% |