Big Creek township, White County, Arkansas (AR) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Big Creek township: | 0.4% |
| Whole state: | 2.8% |
55% of Big Creek township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 51% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 59% lived in Arkansas.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1033
- Northeast: 6
- Midwest: 151
- South: 188
- West: 67
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $22,300
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.3%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 475
- One, attached: 3
- Two: 3
- 3 or 4: 2
- 5 to 9: 24
- Mobile homes: 187
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 1
Median worth of mobile homes: $30,000
Housing units in Big Creek township with a mortgage: 123 (18 second mortgage, 3 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 149
- Construction (27%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Machinery (5%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Utilities (5%)
- Transportation equipment (4%)
- Educational services (15%)
- Health care (10%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (10%)
- Transportation equipment (6%)
- Food (5%)
- Chemicals (5%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (10%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Carpenters (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (7%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Big Creek township:
- United States or American (41.2%)
- English (13.5%)
- Irish (11.7%)
- German (7.1%)
- Scottish (3.0%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.9%)
- Dutch (1.3%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Russia (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 451 (74%)
- Carpooled: 127 (21%)
- Walked: 9 (1%)
- Other means: 2 (0%)
- Worked at home: 20 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (63%)
- Electricity (20%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (10%)
- Wood (6%)
- No fuel used (1%)
97.7% of residents of Big Creek township speak English at home.
1.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
0.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (54% speak English very well, 46% don't speak English at all).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,452- In family households: 1,282 (341 male householders, 86 female householders)
329 spouses, 433 children (355 natural, 19 adopted, 59 stepchildren), 45 grandchildren, 2 brothers or sisters, 6 parents, 22 other relatives, 18 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 170 (72 male householders (68 living alone)), 76 female householders (68 living alone)), 22 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 191 2-persons, 116 3-persons, 78 4-persons, 24 5-persons, 18 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 136 1-person, 8 2-persons, 2 3-persons, 2 4-persons,
232 married couples with children.
96 single-parent households (18 men, 78 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 5
| Here: | 2.4% |
| 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: 12
| Here: | 27.9% |
| Arkansas: | 14.7% |