Polk township, Calhoun County, Arkansas (AR) detailed profile
Land area: 45.0 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 436 (all rural)
| Males: 229 |  (52.5%) |
| Females: 207 |  (47.5%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 436 (397 owner occupied, 39 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 9% |
| State: | 31% |
Races in Polk township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 93.6%
- Black: 0.9%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.5%
- Two or more races: 1.4%
Median age of males: 39.0
Median age of females: 39.8
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Average household size: 2.42
| Polk township: | 2.4 people |
| Arkansas: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 2.95
| Polk township: | $30,785 |
| Arkansas: | $40,511 |
| Here: | $346 |
| State: | $489 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $59,495 (it was $35,200 in 2000)
| : | $59,495 |
| Arkansas: | $109,500 |
| Population density: 10 people per square mile | (low). |
| This township: | 3.8% |
| Whole state: | 15.8% |
| This township: | 0.7% |
| Whole state: | 6.6% |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Notable location: Caney Creek Volunteer Fire Department (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Church in Polk township: New Hope Church (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Cemetery: Means Cemetery (1). Display/hide its location on the map
Creek: Little Caney Creek (A). Display/hide its location on the map
80% of Polk township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 52% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 44% lived in Arkansas.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 423
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 20
- South: 9
- West: 0
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.8%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.6% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 150
- One, attached: 5
- Mobile homes: 39
Median worth of mobile homes: $28,400
Housing units in Polk township with a mortgage: 32 (0 second mortgage, 4 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 23
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (34%)
- Plastics and rubber products (13%)
- Construction (11%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (7%)
- U. S. Postal service (7%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (6%)
- Machinery (4%)
- Health care (25%)
- Educational services (14%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (13%)
- Plastics and rubber products (13%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (6%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Farmers and farm managers (24%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (17%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (7%)
- Construction laborers (7%)
- Material moving workers except supervisors and laborers and material movers, hand (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Operations specialties managers except financial managers (6%)
- Farmers and farm managers (13%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (13%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (12%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (8%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (8%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (7%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (7%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Polk township:
- German (81.3%)
- United States or American (5.7%)
- Irish (4.7%)
- English (3.3%)
- Pennsylvania German (2.0%)
- Swiss (2.0%)
- Czech (1.0%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 158 (67%)
- Carpooled: 38 (16%)
- Worked at home: 40 (17%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (85%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (6%)
- Wood (4%)
- Utility gas (4%)
- Other fuel (1%)
97.9% of residents of Polk township speak English at home.
2.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 452- In family households: 413 (106 male householders, 14 female householders)
115 spouses, 162 children (161 natural, 1 adopted, 0 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 5 parents, 0 other relatives, 11 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 39 (19 male householders (19 living alone)), 16 female householders (12 living alone)), 4 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 44 2-persons, 19 3-persons, 33 4-persons, 22 5-persons, 2 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 31 1-person, 4 2-persons,
97 married couples with children.
8 single-parent households (3 men, 5 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 21
| Here: | 28.8% |
| Arkansas: | 7.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 2
| Here: | 3.4% |
| Arkansas: | 6.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Arkansas: | 14.7% |