Wager township, Benton County, Arkansas (AR) detailed profile
Land area: 11.2 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 555 (all rural)
| Males: 278 |  (50.1%) |
| Females: 277 |  (49.9%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 555 (436 owner occupied, 119 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 21% |
| State: | 31% |
Races in Wager township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 96.9%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 1.1%
- Asian: 1.1%
Median age of males: 36.0
Median age of females: 36.9
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Average household size: 2.59
| Wager township: | 2.6 people |
| Arkansas: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 2.91
| Wager 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: 49 people per square mile | (average). |
| This township: | 5.9% |
| Whole state: | 15.8% |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Creek: Little Osage Creek (A). Display/hide its location on the map
83% of Wager township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 38% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 50% lived in Arkansas.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 255
- Northeast: 4
- Midwest: 15
- South: 8
- West: 12
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.6%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.5% of all households
- Gay men: 0.9% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 95
- Mobile homes: 4
Median worth of mobile homes: $95,000
Housing units in Wager township with a mortgage: 29 (4 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 26
- Construction (20%)
- Repair and maintenance (17%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (13%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (9%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (8%)
- Food and beverage stores (6%)
- Wood products (6%)
- Food (17%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (15%)
- Accommodation and food services (15%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (10%)
- Social assistance (9%)
- Used merchandise, gift, novelty, and souvenir, and other miscellaneous stores (6%)
- Broadcasting, internet publishing, and telecommunications services (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (17%)
- Farmers and farm managers (13%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (11%)
- Supervisors of construction and extraction workers (8%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Religious workers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (17%)
- Food processing workers (13%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (12%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Wager township:
- German (84.1%)
- Irish (8.2%)
- United States or American (3.6%)
- Norwegian (2.3%)
- English (1.8%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 97 (71%)
- Carpooled: 12 (9%)
- Walked: 14 (10%)
- Worked at home: 13 (10%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (70%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (13%)
- Utility gas (9%)
- Electricity (4%)
- Wood (4%)
98.2% of residents of Wager township speak English at home.
1.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 294- In family households: 281 (78 male householders, 8 female householders)
81 spouses, 103 children (86 natural, 11 adopted, 6 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 4 other relatives, 7 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 13 (10 male householders (10 living alone)), 3 female householders (3 living alone)), 0 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 36 2-persons, 18 3-persons, 16 4-persons, 11 5-persons, 5 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 13 1-person,
100 married couples with children.
21 single-parent households (12 men, 9 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: 7
| Here: | 100.0% |
| Arkansas: | 14.7% |