Cherokee township, Benton County, Arkansas (AR) detailed profile
Land area: 12.1 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 463 (all rural)
Males: 233 | (50.3%) |
Females: 230 | (49.7%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 463 (341 owner occupied, 122 renter occupied)
% of renters here: | 26% |
State: | 31% |
Races in Cherokee township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 89.4%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 6.7%
- Asian: 0.2%
- Two or more races: 2.8%
Median age of males: 33.4
Median age of females: 32.0
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Average household size: 2.77
Cherokee township: | 2.8 people |
Arkansas: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 3.23
Cherokee township: | $56,570 |
Arkansas: | $40,511 |
Here: | $621 |
State: | $489 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $143,500 (it was $92,900 in 2000)
: | $143,500 |
Arkansas: | $109,500 |
Mean price in 2013:
Detached houses: $181,341
Here: $181,341 State: $153,111
Townhouses or other attached units: $130,986
Here: $130,986 State: $138,575
In 2-unit structures: $136,815
Here: $136,815 State: $100,537
In 5-or-more-unit structures: $121,243
Here: $121,243 State: $190,663
Mobile homes: $69,703
Here: $69,703 State: $52,675
Population density: 38 people per square mile | (low). |
This township: | 7.2% |
Whole state: | 15.8% |
This township: | 5.8% |
Whole state: | 6.6% |
Cities in this township include: Cherokee City.
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Cemeteries: Callum Cemetery (1), Dixon Cemetery (2). Display/hide their locations on the map
78% of Cherokee township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 57% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 10% lived in Arkansas.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 137
- Northeast: 3
- Midwest: 73
- South: 4
- West: 6
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $17,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.2%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 97
- One, attached: 2
- Two: 2
- Mobile homes: 6
Median worth of mobile homes: $37,500
Housing units in Cherokee township with a mortgage: 15 (0 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 20
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (31%)
- Metal and metal products (16%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Construction (7%)
- Transportation equipment (7%)
- Public administration (7%)
- U. S. Postal service (4%)
- Health care (21%)
- Metal and metal products (16%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (12%)
- Miscellaneous nondurable goods merchant wholesalers (9%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Personal and laundry services (7%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Farmers and farm managers (24%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (11%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (9%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Bus drivers (7%)
- Entertainers and performers, sports, and related workers (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (16%)
- Farmers and farm managers (12%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (9%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (7%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
- Occupational and physical therapist assistants and aides (5%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Cherokee township:
- German (38.4%)
- Irish (10.5%)
- English (8.7%)
- United States or American (8.1%)
- Scotch-Irish (6.4%)
- Scottish (5.2%)
- Swedish (4.7%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 81 (73%)
- Carpooled: 16 (14%)
- Worked at home: 14 (13%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (77%)
- Electricity (13%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (6%)
- Wood (4%)
All residents speak only English at home
Household type by relationship:
Households: 223- In family households: 199 (69 male householders, 8 female householders)
66 spouses, 46 children (41 natural, 0 adopted, 5 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 3 parents, 0 other relatives, 7 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 24 (7 male householders (2 living alone)), 11 female householders (11 living alone)), 6 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 47 2-persons, 14 3-persons, 12 4-persons, 2 5-persons, 2 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 13 1-person, 5 2-persons,
116 married couples with children.
31 single-parent households (4 men, 27 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% |