Ward township, Lonoke County, Arkansas (AR) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (70% naturalized citizens)
| Ward township: | 1.4% |
| Whole state: | 2.8% |
49% of Ward township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 42% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 71% lived in Arkansas.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2165
- Northeast: 59
- Midwest: 309
- South: 419
- West: 174
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $79,700
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.7%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 724
- One, attached: 6
- Two: 44
- 3 or 4: 2
- 5 to 9: 9
- 10 to 19: 30
- 20 to 49: 18
- 50 or more: 2
- Mobile homes: 435
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 3
Median worth of mobile homes: $34,600
Housing units in Ward township with a mortgage: 355 (14 second mortgage, 14 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 145
- Construction (21%)
- Truck transportation (6%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Metal and metal products (4%)
- Health care (13%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Finance and insurance (9%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (6%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (10%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Carpenters (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Ward township:
- United States or American (30.0%)
- German (13.6%)
- Irish (11.7%)
- English (10.7%)
- French (except Basque) (3.2%)
- Welsh (2.5%)
- Italian (2.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (40%)
- Philippines (21%)
- Mexico (9%)
- Germany (7%)
- Trinidad and Tobago (7%)
- Peru (7%)
- Austria (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,103 (77%)
- Carpooled: 280 (20%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 5 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 3 (0%)
- Walked: 5 (0%)
- Other means: 3 (0%)
- Worked at home: 26 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (49%)
- Utility gas (39%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (11%)
- Wood (1%)
97.2% of residents of Ward township speak English at home.
1.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (61% speak English very well, 10% speak English well, 29% speak English not well).
0.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (89% speak English very well, 11% speak English well).
0.6% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,208- In family households: 2,886 (691 male householders, 170 female householders)
756 spouses, 1,098 children (927 natural, 33 adopted, 138 stepchildren), 53 grandchildren, 14 brothers or sisters, 11 parents, 38 other relatives, 55 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 322 (120 male householders (90 living alone)), 130 female householders (103 living alone)), 72 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 293 2-persons, 231 3-persons, 223 4-persons, 78 5-persons, 18 6-persons, 18 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 193 1-person, 47 2-persons, 10 3-persons,
746 married couples with children.
206 single-parent households (51 men, 155 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 2
| Here: | 0.4% |
| Arkansas: | 7.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 8
| Here: | 4.1% |
| Arkansas: | 6.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 8
| Here: | 8.4% |
| Arkansas: | 14.7% |