Half Moon Lake township, Mississippi County, Arkansas (AR) detailed profile
Land area: 34.5 sq. mi.
Water area: 2.6 sq. mi.
Population: 660 (all rural)
Males: 336 | (50.9%) |
Females: 324 | (49.1%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 660 (505 owner occupied, 155 renter occupied)
% of renters here: | 23% |
State: | 31% |
Races in Half Moon Lake township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 93.5%
- Black: 0.6%
- Two or more races: 1.1%
Median age of males: 36.7
Median age of females: 35.3
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Average household size: 2.74
Half Moon Lake township: | 2.7 people |
Arkansas: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 3.20
Half Moon Lake township: | $35,664 |
Arkansas: | $40,511 |
Here: | $383 |
State: | $489 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $76,844 (it was $51,900 in 2000)
: | $76,844 |
Arkansas: | $109,500 |
Mean price in 2013:
Detached houses: $102,626
Here: $102,626 State: $153,111
Townhouses or other attached units: $77,550
Here: $77,550 State: $138,575
In 2-unit structures: $59,259
Here: $59,259 State: $100,537
Mobile homes: $48,181
Here: $48,181 State: $52,675
Population density: 19 people per square mile | (low). |
This township: | 25.3% |
Whole state: | 15.8% |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Notable locations in Half Moon Lake township: Loethers Plantation (A), Roads (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemetery: Wilkerson Cemetery (1). Display/hide its location on the map
Lake: Half Moon Lake (A). Display/hide its location on the map
River: Little River (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Parks in Half Moon Lake township include: Big Lake State Wildlife Management Area (1), Big Lake National Wildlife Refuge (2). Display/hide their locations on the map
72% of Half Moon Lake township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 71% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 0% lived in Arkansas.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 220
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 47
- South: 5
- West: 5
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $27,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.4%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.8% of all households
- Gay men: 0.4% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 98
Housing units in Half Moon Lake township with a mortgage: 28 (0 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 23
- Metal and metal products (24%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (8%)
- Construction (7%)
- Machinery (6%)
- Health care (6%)
- Chemicals (4%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (19%)
- Health care (17%)
- Food and beverage stores (13%)
- Textile mills and textile products (6%)
- Other transportation, and support activities, and couriers (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (13%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (11%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (11%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (10%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (9%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Food and beverage serving workers except waiters/waitresses (21%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (15%)
- Other healthcare support occupations (8%)
- Waiters and waitresses (6%)
- Food processing workers (6%)
- Health technologists and technicians (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Half Moon Lake township:
- Dutch (39.8%)
- German (21.4%)
- United States or American (12.0%)
- English (7.9%)
- Irish (6.0%)
- Norwegian (3.4%)
- Swedish (3.4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 101 (74%)
- Worked at home: 36 (26%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (49%)
- Electricity (37%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (14%)
All residents speak only English at home
Household type by relationship:
Households: 277- In family households: 272 (79 male householders, 0 female householders)
77 spouses, 111 children (111 natural, 0 adopted, 0 stepchildren), 5 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 5 (5 male householders (5 living alone)), 0 female householders (0 living alone)), 0 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 21 2-persons, 22 3-persons, 27 4-persons, 9 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 5 1-person,
122 married couples with children.
17 single-parent households (6 men, 11 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 15
Here: | 35.7% |
Arkansas: | 7.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 11
Here: | 35.5% |
Arkansas: | 6.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
Here: | 0.0% |
Arkansas: | 14.7% |