Wye township, Perry County, Arkansas (AR) detailed profile
Land area: 16.6 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.2 sq. mi.
Population: 901 (all rural)
| Males: 460 |  (51.1%) |
| Females: 441 |  (48.9%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 883 (832 owner occupied, 51 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 6% |
| State: | 31% |
Races in Wye township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 95.9%
- Black: 1.0%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.9%
- Asian: 0.1%
- Two or more races: 1.1%
Median age of males: 35.6
Median age of females: 36.3
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Average household size: 2.80
| Wye township: | 2.8 people |
| Arkansas: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 3.07
| Wye township: | $42,187 |
| Arkansas: | $40,511 |
| Here: | $390 |
| State: | $489 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $79,293 (it was $55,700 in 2000)
| : | $79,293 |
| Arkansas: | $109,500 |
| Population density: 54 people per square mile | (average). |
| This township: | 9.6% |
| Whole state: | 15.8% |
| This township: | 5.4% |
| Whole state: | 6.6% |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Church in Wye township: Wye United Methodist Church (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Cemetery: Saint Francis Cemetery (1). Display/hide its location on the map
Reservoir: The Campbells Lake (A). Display/hide its location on the map
63% of Wye township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 24% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 95% lived in Arkansas.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 284
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 49
- South: 1
- West: 0
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 7.6%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
18 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 155
- 3 or 4: 5
- 5 to 9: 9
- Mobile homes: 6
Median worth of mobile homes: $23,100
Housing units in Wye township with a mortgage: 14 (0 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 36
- Construction (26%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (11%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (10%)
- Public administration (9%)
- Health care (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Health care (21%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (10%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (9%)
- Publishing, and motion picture and sound recording industries (6%)
- Construction (6%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (9%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (8%)
- Carpenters (8%)
- Engineers (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Top executives (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (12%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (8%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Wye township:
- German (21.2%)
- United States or American (21.2%)
- English (16.0%)
- Dutch (7.7%)
- Danish (6.4%)
- Irish (6.4%)
- Scottish (5.1%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 135 (77%)
- Carpooled: 10 (6%)
- Other means: 3 (2%)
- Worked at home: 28 (16%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (49%)
- Electricity (24%)
- Utility gas (12%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (11%)
- Wood (5%)
18 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
98.8% of residents of Wye township speak English at home.
0.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
0.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 334- In family households: 275 (74 male householders, 18 female householders)
102 spouses, 73 children (48 natural, 14 adopted, 11 stepchildren), 5 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 1 other relatives, 2 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 59 (19 male householders (12 living alone)), 31 female householders (31 living alone)), 9 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 61 2-persons, 11 3-persons, 15 4-persons, 2 5-persons, 3 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 43 1-person, 7 2-persons,
173 married couples with children.
53 single-parent households (19 men, 34 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: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Arkansas: | 14.7% |