Newton township, Faulkner County, Arkansas (AR) detailed profile
Land area: 17.8 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 602 (all rural)
Males: 312 | (51.8%) |
Females: 290 | (48.2%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 602 (533 owner occupied, 69 renter occupied)
% of renters here: | 11% |
State: | 31% |
Races in Newton township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 97.0%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 1.0%
- Two or more races: 0.7%
Median age of males: 32.3
Median age of females: 32.9
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Average household size: 2.71
Newton township: | 2.7 people |
Arkansas: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 3.13
Newton township: | $49,149 |
Arkansas: | $40,511 |
Here: | $539 |
State: | $489 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $139,600 (it was $85,000 in 2000)
: | $139,600 |
Arkansas: | $109,500 |
Population density: 34 people per square mile | (low). |
This township: | 3.7% |
Whole state: | 15.8% |
This township: | 0.8% |
Whole state: | 6.6% |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Churches in Newton township include: Sharon Baptist Church (A), Naylor Baptist Church (B), Naylor Methodist Church (C). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemeteries: Sharon Cemetery (1), Pleasant Valley Cemetery (2). Display/hide their locations on the map
Creek: Plum Creek (A). Display/hide its location on the map
69% of Newton township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 52% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 77% lived in Arkansas.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 660
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 49
- South: 2
- West: 0
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $34,200
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.5%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.5% of all households
- Gay men: 0.5% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 236
- One, attached: 4
- Two: 7
- 3 or 4: 5
- 5 to 9: 1
- Mobile homes: 42
Median worth of mobile homes: $9,999
Housing units in Newton township with a mortgage: 72 (5 second mortgage, 10 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 63
- Construction (21%)
- Professional and commercial equipment and supplies merchant wholesalers (8%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (8%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (6%)
- Health care (6%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (4%)
- Other transportation, and support activities, and couriers (4%)
- Educational services (18%)
- Health care (11%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
- Transportation equipment (6%)
- Gasoline stations (6%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (13%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (10%)
- Construction laborers (9%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Carpenters (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (17%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (15%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (9%)
- Accountants and auditors (6%)
- Cashiers (6%)
- Other food preparation and serving workers including supervisors (5%)
- Personal appearance workers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Newton township:
- German (71.8%)
- United States or American (10.1%)
- Irish (6.7%)
- English (3.4%)
- French (except Basque) (1.8%)
- Swiss (1.8%)
- Belgian (1.2%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 287 (72%)
- Carpooled: 21 (5%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 9 (2%)
- Bicycle: 2 (1%)
- Walked: 29 (7%)
- Other means: 3 (1%)
- Worked at home: 48 (12%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (55%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (21%)
- Wood (14%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (7%)
- Electricity (3%)
- Other fuel (1%)
99.7% of residents of Newton township speak English at home.
0.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 704- In family households: 617 (169 male householders, 32 female householders)
182 spouses, 209 children (192 natural, 0 adopted, 17 stepchildren), 5 grandchildren, 10 brothers or sisters, 5 parents, 2 other relatives, 3 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 87 (38 male householders (30 living alone)), 36 female householders (33 living alone)), 13 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 7 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 95 2-persons, 53 3-persons, 26 4-persons, 12 5-persons, 15 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 63 1-person, 9 2-persons, 2 4-persons,
137 married couples with children.
20 single-parent households (11 men, 9 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% |