Marion township, Ouachita County, Arkansas (AR) detailed profile
Land area: 53.5 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 786 (all rural)
| Males: 373 |  (47.5%) |
| Females: 413 |  (52.5%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 786 (674 owner occupied, 112 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 14% |
| State: | 31% |
Races in Marion township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 66.7%
- Black: 31.4%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.4%
- Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 0.1%
- Hispanic or Latino: 0.6%
- Two or more races: 0.8%
Median age of males: 41.3
Median age of females: 42.3
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Average household size: 2.46
| Marion township: | 2.5 people |
| Arkansas: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 2.87
| Marion township: | $30,763 |
| Arkansas: | $40,511 |
| Here: | $332 |
| State: | $489 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $71,435 (it was $47,200 in 2000)
| : | $71,435 |
| Arkansas: | $109,500 |
| Population density: 15 people per square mile | (low). |
| This township: | 16.9% |
| Whole state: | 15.8% |
| This township: | 3.9% |
| Whole state: | 6.6% |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Notable locations in Marion township: Buena Vista Volunteer Fire Department Station 1 (A), Buena Vista Volunteer Fire Department Station 2 (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
Churches in Marion township include: Two Bayou Church (A), Buena Vista United Methodist Church (B), Sweet Home Baptist Church (C), New Bethel African Methodist Episocpal Church (D), Mount Olive Missionary Baptist Church (E), Good Hope Baptist Church (F). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemeteries: Good Hope Cemetery (1), Whitefield Cemetery (2), Pleasant Ridge Cemetery (3). Display/hide their locations on the map
Reservoir: Lake Landers (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Jerdon Creek (A), Howell Branch (B), Hale Creek (C), Panther Creek (D), Beech Creek (E), Reeds Branch (F). Display/hide their locations on the map
74% of Marion township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 80% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 61% lived in Arkansas.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 668
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 14
- South: 88
- West: 7
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $51,700
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 1.9%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 215
- Mobile homes: 114
Median worth of mobile homes: $20,000
Housing units in Marion township with a mortgage: 61 (8 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 67
- Construction (14%)
- Truck transportation (12%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (11%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Used merchandise, gift, novelty, and souvenir, and other miscellaneous stores (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Food (3%)
- Accommodation and food services (18%)
- Health care (16%)
- Educational services (14%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (3%)
- Public administration (3%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (14%)
- Farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Construction laborers (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (10%)
- Cashiers (7%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Waiters and waitresses (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Marion township:
- United States or American (21.7%)
- English (12.2%)
- Irish (11.2%)
- African (3.0%)
- Scottish (2.8%)
- European (1.3%)
- German (1.3%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 299 (85%)
- Carpooled: 41 (12%)
- Other means: 9 (3%)
- Worked at home: 4 (1%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (33%)
- Utility gas (32%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (27%)
- Wood (8%)
98.9% of residents of Marion township speak English at home.
0.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
0.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 777- In family households: 709 (208 male householders, 31 female householders)
166 spouses, 226 children (173 natural, 27 adopted, 26 stepchildren), 36 grandchildren, 5 brothers or sisters, 8 parents, 18 other relatives, 11 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 68 (22 male householders (18 living alone)), 42 female householders (42 living alone)), 4 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 90 2-persons, 78 3-persons, 46 4-persons, 22 5-persons, 3 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 60 1-person, 4 2-persons,
111 married couples with children.
56 single-parent households (20 men, 36 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 3
| Here: | 3.8% |
| 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% |