Pennington township, Bradley County, Arkansas (AR) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 3 (34% naturalized citizens)
| Pennington township: | 3.3% |
| Whole state: | 2.8% |
61% of Pennington township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 55% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 51% lived in Arkansas.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 6979
- Northeast: 75
- Midwest: 429
- South: 823
- West: 324
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $47,800
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.5%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
People in group quarters in Pennington township, Arkansas:
- 253 people in nursing homes
- 75 people in schools, hospitals, or wards for the mentally retarded
- 32 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 26 people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
- 18 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 3,160
- One, attached: 83
- Two: 123
- 3 or 4: 97
- 5 to 9: 38
- 10 to 19: 30
- 20 to 49: 26
- 50 or more: 6
- Mobile homes: 437
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 58
Median worth of mobile homes: $21,400
Housing units in Pennington township with a mortgage: 897 (74 second mortgage, 43 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 930
- Construction (21%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (11%)
- Chemicals (8%)
- Wood products (7%)
- Textile mills and textile products (7%)
- Beverage and tobacco products (5%)
- Nonmetallic mineral products (5%)
- Health care (16%)
- Chemicals (10%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Textile mills and textile products (7%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (14%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Other construction workers and helpers (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (11%)
- Health technologists and technicians (8%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (6%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (5%)
- Business operations specialists (4%)
- Other food preparation and serving workers including supervisors (4%)
- Counselors, social workers, and other community and social service specialists (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Pennington township:
- United States or American (27.4%)
- English (6.9%)
- Irish (5.9%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.8%)
- French (except Basque) (2.2%)
- German (2.1%)
- Dutch (1.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (66%)
- Africa, n.e.c. (13%)
- Germany (7%)
- Iraq (3%)
- France (3%)
- Ireland (2%)
- Japan (2%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 2,430 (76%)
- Carpooled: 534 (17%)
- Motorcycle: 7 (0%)
- Walked: 109 (3%)
- Other means: 61 (2%)
- Worked at home: 73 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (54%)
- Electricity (31%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (11%)
- Wood (4%)
People in group quarters in Pennington township, Arkansas:
- 253 people in nursing homes
- 75 people in schools, hospitals, or wards for the mentally retarded
- 32 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 26 people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
- 18 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
95.5% of residents of Pennington township speak English at home.
3.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (32% speak English very well, 29% speak English well, 35% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
0.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (50% speak English very well, 50% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 8,557- In family households: 7,401 (1,810 male householders, 662 female householders)
1,866 spouses, 2,403 children (2,170 natural, 90 adopted, 143 stepchildren), 246 grandchildren, 54 brothers or sisters, 69 parents, 170 other relatives, 121 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,156 (452 male householders (411 living alone)), 601 female householders (576 living alone)), 103 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 402 (327 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,164 2-persons, 618 3-persons, 415 4-persons, 179 5-persons, 55 6-persons, 41 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 987 1-person, 44 2-persons, 12 3-persons, 6 4-persons, 4 5-persons,
1,233 married couples with children.
542 single-parent households (67 men, 475 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 15
| Here: | 1.5% |
| 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% |