Wheeler township, Washington County, Arkansas (AR) detailed profile
Land area: 14.0 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 1,338 (10% urban, 90% rural)
| Males: 676 |  (50.5%) |
| Females: 662 |  (49.5%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 1,338 (1,133 owner occupied, 205 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 15% |
| State: | 31% |
Races in Wheeler township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 94.8%
- Black: 0.4%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 1.3%
- Asian: 0.3%
- Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 0.1%
- Hispanic or Latino: 1.0%
- Two or more races: 2.2%
Median age of males: 36.5
Median age of females: 36.8
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Average household size: 2.77
| Wheeler township: | 2.8 people |
| Arkansas: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 3.10
| Wheeler township: | $42,073 |
| Arkansas: | $40,511 |
| Here: | $553 |
| State: | $489 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $148,600 (it was $88,300 in 2000)
| : | $148,600 |
| Arkansas: | $109,500 |
| Population density: 96 people per square mile | (average). |
| This township: | 7.3% |
| Whole state: | 15.8% |
| This township: | 0.4% |
| Whole state: | 6.6% |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Notable location: Wheeler Volunteer Fire Department (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Church in Wheeler township: Free Holiness Church (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Creeks: Little Wildcat Creek (A), Hamestring Creek (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
63% of Wheeler township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 77% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 42% lived in Arkansas.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 865
- Northeast: 55
- Midwest: 226
- South: 141
- West: 86
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.0%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.6% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 377
- One, attached: 6
- Two: 23
- Mobile homes: 118
Median worth of mobile homes: $31,700
Housing units in Wheeler township with a mortgage: 182 (22 second mortgage, 17 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 46
- Construction (15%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Repair and maintenance (7%)
- Health care (6%)
- Printing and related support activities (6%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Nonmetallic mineral products (4%)
- Educational services (22%)
- Health care (12%)
- Food (8%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (6%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Metal and metal products (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Computer specialists (5%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
- Printing workers (4%)
- Supervisors and other personal care and service workers except personal appearance, transportation, and child care workers (3%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (9%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (9%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (8%)
- Supervisors and other personal care and service workers except personal appearance, transportation, and child care workers (6%)
- Waiters and waitresses (5%)
- Accountants and auditors (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Wheeler township:
- Irish (20.4%)
- English (18.2%)
- United States or American (17.2%)
- German (14.4%)
- Italian (4.8%)
- French (except Basque) (2.4%)
- European (2.3%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 559 (81%)
- Carpooled: 78 (11%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 7 (1%)
- Walked: 28 (4%)
- Worked at home: 14 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (38%)
- Electricity (36%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (20%)
- Wood (6%)
98.5% of residents of Wheeler township speak English at home.
0.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
0.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,380- In family households: 1,270 (335 male householders, 64 female householders)
335 spouses, 492 children (418 natural, 21 adopted, 53 stepchildren), 9 grandchildren, 5 brothers or sisters, 12 parents, 11 other relatives, 7 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 110 (36 male householders (25 living alone)), 58 female householders (58 living alone)), 16 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 146 2-persons, 99 3-persons, 98 4-persons, 50 5-persons, 6 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 83 1-person, 5 2-persons, 6 3-persons,
266 married couples with children.
47 single-parent households (17 men, 30 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 12
| Here: | 5.6% |
| 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% |