Brinkley township, Monroe County, Arkansas (AR) detailed profile
Land area: 31.3 sq. mi.
Water area: 1.1 sq. mi.
Population: 4,363 (87% urban, 13% rural)
| Males: 1,984 |  (45.5%) |
| Females: 2,379 |  (54.5%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 4,250 (2,493 owner occupied, 1,757 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 41% |
| State: | 31% |
Races in Brinkley township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 52.9%
- Black: 44.2%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.2%
- Asian: 0.2%
- Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 0.0%
- Hispanic or Latino: 1.1%
- Two or more races: 1.2%
- Some other race: 0.1%
Median age of males: 36.3
Median age of females: 37.9
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Average household size: 2.51
| Brinkley township: | 2.5 people |
| Arkansas: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 3.20
| Brinkley township: | $27,091 |
| Arkansas: | $40,511 |
| Here: | $276 |
| State: | $489 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $53,270 (it was $39,100 in 2000)
| : | $53,270 |
| Arkansas: | $109,500 |
| Population density: 139 people per square mile | (average). |
| This township: | 29.3% |
| Whole state: | 15.8% |
| This township: | 14.7% |
| Whole state: | 6.6% |
Cities in this township include: Brinkley.
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Notable locations in Brinkley township: Brinkley Country Club (A), Dunn's Fish Farm (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
Churches in Brinkley township include: Bethlehem Church (A), Mount Canaan Church (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemeteries: Saint John Cemetery (1), Fitzhugh Cemetery (2), Finell Cemetery (3). Display/hide their locations on the map
Reservoir: Caney Slash (A). Display/hide its location on the map
60% of Brinkley township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 64% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 76% lived in Arkansas.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 3683
- Northeast: 38
- Midwest: 186
- South: 395
- West: 30
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $21,900
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.3%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.4% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
109 people in nursing homes
4 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,215
- One, attached: 44
- Two: 211
- 3 or 4: 49
- 5 to 9: 43
- 10 to 19: 17
- 20 to 49: 31
- 50 or more: 6
- Mobile homes: 241
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 11
Median worth of mobile homes: $28,200
Housing units in Brinkley township with a mortgage: 396 (34 second mortgage, 15 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 400
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (17%)
- Textile mills and textile products (12%)
- Metal and metal products (10%)
- Health care (8%)
- Construction (7%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (5%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Health care (21%)
- Textile mills and textile products (14%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (12%)
- Metal and metal products (8%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Personal and laundry services (5%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (11%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (8%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (7%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
- Plant and system operators (6%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (20%)
- Health technologists and technicians (11%)
- Counselors, social workers, and other community and social service specialists (10%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (7%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (7%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Brinkley township:
- United States or American (21.6%)
- German (5.1%)
- Irish (3.2%)
- English (2.7%)
- Swedish (0.9%)
- French (except Basque) (0.8%)
- Italian (0.8%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,074 (76%)
- Carpooled: 193 (14%)
- Motorcycle: 5 (0%)
- Walked: 42 (3%)
- Other means: 34 (2%)
- Worked at home: 56 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (57%)
- Electricity (34%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (6%)
- Wood (2%)
109 people in nursing homes
4 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
97.5% of residents of Brinkley township speak English at home.
1.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (77% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 7% speak English not well).
0.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 4,219- In family households: 3,592 (713 male householders, 416 female householders)
725 spouses, 1,426 children (1,265 natural, 46 adopted, 115 stepchildren), 141 grandchildren, 26 brothers or sisters, 32 parents, 56 other relatives, 57 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 627 (237 male householders (226 living alone)), 334 female householders (302 living alone)), 56 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 113 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 505 2-persons, 245 3-persons, 222 4-persons, 76 5-persons, 51 6-persons, 30 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 528 1-person, 32 2-persons, 6 3-persons, 5 4-persons,
623 married couples with children.
528 single-parent households (52 men, 476 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 68
| Here: | 10.8% |
| Arkansas: | 7.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 31
| Here: | 11.8% |
| Arkansas: | 6.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Arkansas: | 14.7% |