Gaither township, Boone County, Arkansas (AR) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 107 (57% naturalized citizens)
Gaither township: | 107.3% |
Whole state: | 2.8% |
47% of Gaither township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 50% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 38% lived in Arkansas.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 16137
- Northeast: 5042
- Midwest: 2436
- South: 5222
- West: 1059
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $148,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.4%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 11,448
- One, attached: 665
- Two: 821
- 3 or 4: 440
- 5 to 9: 335
- 10 to 19: 444
- 20 to 49: 277
- 50 or more: 259
- Mobile homes: 950
Median worth of mobile homes: $33,100
Housing units in Gaither township with a mortgage: 7,200 (737 second mortgage, 1,418 home equity loan, 63 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,683
- Construction (15%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Health care (5%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (3%)
- Health care (16%)
- Educational services (15%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (4%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Engineers (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Gaither township:
- United States or American (16.4%)
- English (16.1%)
- German (12.6%)
- Irish (10.8%)
- Italian (5.4%)
- Scotch-Irish (4.8%)
- Scottish (3.3%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (13%)
- Germany (10%)
- Hong Kong (8%)
- Mexico (7%)
- Canada (5%)
- Cuba (5%)
- Italy (3%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 14,269 (86%)
- Carpooled: 1,509 (9%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 25 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 5 (0%)
- Bicycle: 49 (0%)
- Walked: 114 (1%)
- Other means: 181 (1%)
- Worked at home: 491 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (92%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (4%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)
- Utility gas (2%)
95.3% of residents of Gaither township speak English at home.
2.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (66% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 18% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
1.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (86% speak English very well, 10% speak English well, 5% speak English not well).
0.8% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (56% speak English very well, 13% speak English well, 29% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 30,890- In family households: 25,483 (7,202 male householders, 1,615 female householders)
7,565 spouses, 7,847 children (7,188 natural, 289 adopted, 370 stepchildren), 325 grandchildren, 143 brothers or sisters, 135 parents, 179 other relatives, 472 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 5,407 (1,935 male householders (1,293 living alone)), 1,993 female householders (1,490 living alone)), 1,479 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 75 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 4,130 2-persons, 2,309 3-persons, 1,730 4-persons, 500 5-persons, 110 6-persons, 38 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 2,783 1-person, 866 2-persons, 245 3-persons, 29 4-persons, 5 5-persons,
126 married couples with children.
29 single-parent households (6 men, 23 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 441
Here: | 14.1% |
Arkansas: | 7.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 103
Here: | 7.5% |
Arkansas: | 6.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 164
Here: | 8.7% |
Arkansas: | 14.7% |