Prairie township, Franklin County, Arkansas (AR) detailed profile
Land area: 48.4 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.4 sq. mi.
Population: 3,572 (all rural)
| Males: 1,725 |  (48.3%) |
| Females: 1,847 |  (51.7%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 3,487 (2,641 owner occupied, 846 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 24% |
| State: | 31% |
Races in Prairie township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 94.8%
- Black: 0.2%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.6%
- Asian: 0.6%
- Two or more races: 1.8%
- Some other race: 0.1%
Median age of males: 37.8
Median age of females: 39.7
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Average household size: 2.47
| Prairie township: | 2.5 people |
| Arkansas: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 3.01
| Prairie township: | $36,534 |
| Arkansas: | $40,511 |
| Here: | $426 |
| State: | $489 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $94,907 (it was $58,300 in 2000)
| : | $94,907 |
| Arkansas: | $109,500 |
| Population density: 74 people per square mile | (average). |
| This township: | 2.2% |
| Whole state: | 15.8% |
| This township: | 2.2% |
| Whole state: | 6.6% |
Cities in this township include: Charleston.
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Church in Prairie township: Potts Church (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Cemeteries: Nixon Cemetery (1), Rebecca Lewis Cemetery (2), Spencer Cemetery (3). Display/hide their locations on the map
Reservoirs: Sixmile Creek Site 14 Reservoir (A), Darby Lake (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
Creek: Rattlesnake Creek (A). Display/hide its location on the map
87% of Prairie 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, 100% lived in Arkansas.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 79
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 10
- South: 0
- West: 0
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.8%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
84 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 52
- Mobile homes: 8
Median worth of mobile homes: $12,500
Housing units in Prairie township with a mortgage: 0 (0 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 5
- Construction (14%)
- Metal and metal products (7%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (6%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Machinery (5%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (5%)
- Health care (27%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (4%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (7%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
- Material moving workers except supervisors and laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Cashiers (7%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (6%)
- Health technologists and technicians (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Prairie township:
- English (54.5%)
- European (15.9%)
- United States or American (13.6%)
- Irish (6.8%)
- Czech (4.5%)
- German (4.5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 22 (59%)
- Carpooled: 2 (5%)
- Walked: 5 (14%)
- Worked at home: 8 (22%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (79%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (12%)
- Electricity (5%)
- Other fuel (5%)
84 people in nursing homes
All residents speak only English at home
Household type by relationship:
Households: 89- In family households: 73 (25 male householders, 0 female householders)
32 spouses, 16 children (16 natural, 0 adopted, 0 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 16 (13 male householders (11 living alone)), 2 female householders (2 living alone)), 1 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 18 2-persons, 3 3-persons, 2 4-persons, 2 5-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 13 1-person, 2 2-persons,
668 married couples with children.
173 single-parent households (30 men, 143 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% |