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Clark County

Population in July 2007: 2,294. Population change since 2000: +0.2%
 

Males: 1,060  (46.2%)
Females: 1,234  (53.8%)
Median resident age:  34.7 years
Arkansas median age:  36.0 years

Zip codes: 71743.


Estimated median household income in 2007: $33,162 (it was $26,446 in 2000)
Gurdon:  $33,162
Arkansas:  $38,134

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $61,126 (it was $39,300 in 2000)
Gurdon:  $61,126
Arkansas:  $101,000

Mean prices in 2007: All housing units: $74,988; Detached houses: $77,791; Townhouses or other attached units: $64,218; Mobile homes: $29,795
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Races in Gurdon:

  • White Non-Hispanic (59.3%)
  • Black (35.8%)
  • Hispanic (4.3%)
  • Other race (3.1%)
  • Two or more races (0.7%)

2008 cost of living index in Gurdon: 75.1 (low, U.S. average is 100)

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Recent posts about Gurdon, Arkansas on our local forum with over 400,000 registered users. Gurdon is mentioned 14 times on our forum:
Gurdon Lights  (4 replies)
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Ancestries: United States (11.2%), Irish (9.9%), English (7.2%), Subsaharan African (5.7%), German (2.9%), Scotch-Irish (2.6%).

Current Local Time: CST time zone

Elevation: 205 feet

Land area: 2.51 square miles.

Population density: 915 people per square mile 
 
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For population 25 years and over in Gurdon

  • High school or higher: 65.6%
  • Bachelor's degree or higher: 10.3%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 2.6%
  • Unemployed: 3.0%
  • Mean travel time to work: 20.7 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Gurdon city

  • Never married: 21.3%
  • Now married: 50.7%
  • Separated: 4.3%
  • Widowed: 9.7%
  • Divorced: 14.0%

69 residents are foreign born (3.0% Latin America).

This city:  3.0%
Arkansas:  2.8%



According to our research there were 2 registered sex offenders living in Gurdon, Arkansas in early 2007.
The ratio of number of residents in Gurdon to the number of sex offenders is 1147 to 1.

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000:

Gurdon:  0.7% ($275)
Arkansas:  0.7% ($500)
Gurdon satellite photo by USGS

Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Little Rock, AR (79.9 miles , pop. 183,133).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Shreveport, LA (108.9 miles , pop. 200,145).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Dallas, TX (261.5 miles , pop. 1,188,580).

Nearest cities: Whelen Springs, AR (6.1 miles) , Gum Springs, AR (10.7 miles) , Reader, AR (11.9 miles) , Bluff City, AR (13.8 miles) , Okolona, AR (14.1 miles) , Arkadelphia, AR (15.3 miles ), Chidester, AR (17.3 miles ), Prescott, AR (17.7 miles ).


Single-family new house construction building permits:
  • 1996: 12 buildings, average cost: $20,000
  • 1997: 13 buildings, average cost: $20,000
  • 1998: 13 buildings, average cost: $20,000
  • 1999: 14 buildings, average cost: $20,000
  • 2000: 13 buildings, average cost: $20,000
  • 2001: 14 buildings, average cost: $20,000
  • 2002: 16 buildings, average cost: $20,000
  • 2003: 2 buildings, average cost: $129,800
  • 2004: 2 buildings, average cost: $129,800
  • 2005: 2 buildings, average cost: $129,800
  • 2006: 1 building, cost: $129,800
  • 2007: 0 buildings

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Latitude: 33.92 N, Longitude: 93.15 W

Area code: 870

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Population change in the 1990s: -110 (-4.6%).



Most common industries for males:



  • Wood products (13%)
  • Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (12%)
  • Food (10%)
  • Administrative and support and waste management services (8%)
  • Paper (7%)
  • Construction (5%)
  • Educational services (5%)


Most common industries for females:



  • Educational services (16%)
  • Health care (14%)
  • Machinery (8%)
  • Accommodation and food services (6%)
  • Finance and insurance (5%)
  • Gasoline stations (5%)
  • Public administration (5%)


Most common occupations for males



  • Material moving workers except laborers and material movers, hand (10%)
  • Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
  • Agricultural workers including supervisors (7%)
  • Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
  • Fishing and hunting, and forest and logging workers (7%)
  • Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
  • Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)


Most common occupations for females



  • Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (8%)
  • Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)
  • Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
  • Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (5%)
  • Cooks and food preparation workers (5%)
  • Assemblers and fabricators (5%)
  • Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)


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Crime in Gurdon by Year

Type 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Murders 000000
    per 100,000 0.00.00.00.00.00.0
Rapes 000110
    per 100,000 0.00.00.043.544.00.0
Robberies 000000
    per 100,000 0.00.00.00.00.00.0
Assaults 7018917
    per 100,000 305.40.044.1348.1395.8752.9
Burglaries 101922111417
    per 100,000 436.3823.6969.2478.7615.7752.9
Thefts 354020222542
    per 100,000 1527.11733.9881.1957.41099.41860.1
Auto thefts 212212
    per 100,000 87.343.388.187.044.088.6
Arson 000000
    per 100,000 0.00.00.00.00.00.0
City-data.com crime index (higher means more crime, U.S. average = 320.9) 159.7130.5118.9183.2204.9284.8

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Full-time Law Enforcement Employees in 2006: 4 (3 officers).
Officers per 1,000 residents here:  1.31
US city average:  3.00

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Gurdon-area historical tornado activity is slightly below Arkansas state average. It is 100% greater than the overall U.S. average.

On 3/1/1997, a category 4 (max. wind speeds 207-260 mph) tornado 12.4 miles away from the Gurdon city center killed 6 people and injured 100 people.

On 3/1/1997, a category 4 tornado 19.2 miles away from the city center injured 11 people.


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Hospitals/medical centers near Gurdon:
  • BAPTIST HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER -ARKADEL (about 9 miles; ARKADELPHIA, AR)
  • OUACHITA COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER (about 31 miles; CAMDEN, AR)
  • MEDICAL PARK HOSPITAL (about 36 miles; HOPE, AR)

Political contributions by individuals in Gurdon, AR

Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Gurdon:
  • MEMORIAL FIELD (about 39 miles; HOT SPRINGS, AR; ID: HOT)
  • TEXARKANA REGIONAL-WEBB FIELD (about 66 miles; TEXARKANA, AR; ID: TXK)
  • ADAMS FIELD (about 85 miles; LITTLE ROCK, AR; ID: LIT)
Other public-use airports nearest to Gurdon:
  • GURDON LOWE FIELD (about 2 miles; GURDON, AR; ID: 5M8)
  • DEXTER B FLORENCE MEMORIAL FIELD (about 14 miles; ARKADELPHIA, AR; ID: M89)
  • KIZER FIELD (about 16 miles; PRESCOTT, AR; ID: 4F7)

Amtrak station near Gurdon:
  • 16 miles: ARKADELPHIA (798 S. 5TH ST.)

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Gurdon:
  • HENDERSON STATE UNIVERSITY (about 10 miles; ARKADELPHIA, AR; Full-time enrollment: 3,109)
  • SOUTHERN ARKANSAS UNIVERSITY MAIN CAMPUS (about 50 miles; MAGNOLIA, AR; FT enrollment: 2,646)
  • UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT LITTLE ROCK (about 80 miles; LITTLE ROCK, AR; FT enrollment: 8,024)
  • UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT PINE BLUFF (about 87 miles; PINE BLUFF, AR; FT enrollment: 2,801)
  • ARKANSAS TECH UNIVERSITY (about 94 miles; RUSSELLVILLE, AR; FT enrollment: 4,450)
  • UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT MONTICELLO (about 96 miles; Monticello, AR; FT enrollment: 2,048)
  • UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL ARKANSAS (about 99 miles; CONWAY, AR; FT enrollment: 7,693)
Public high school in Gurdon:
  • GURDON HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 267; Location: 7777 HWY 67 SOUTH; Grades: 09 - 12)
Public elementary/middle schools in Gurdon:
  • GURDON PRIMARY SCHOOL (Students: 318; Location: 401 NORTH 10 STREET; Grades: KG - 04)
  • CABE MIDDLE SCHOOL (Students: 269; Location: 7780 HWY 67 SOUTH; Grades: 05 - 08)

User submitted facts and corrections:
  • Gurdon, Arkansas is the home of the "Gurdon Light". This unexplained and ghostly light has been consistently observed by thousands of people. It is most likely the best and most easily seen unexplained phenomena in Arkansas. The Gurdon Light is found along a little-used rail line off State Highway 53 approximately two miles northwest of the city limits.

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Churches in Gurdon include: Beech Street Baptist Church (A), First Baptist Church (B), First United Methodist Church (C), Mount Canaan Baptist Church (D). Display/hide their locations on the map

Cemetery: Rose Hedge Cemetery (1). Display/hide its location on the map

Reservoir: Gurdon Pond One (A). Display/hide its location on the map

 

Drinking water stations with addresses in Gurdon and their reported violations in the past:

GURDON WATERWORKS (Population served: 3403, Groundwater):
Past health violations:
  • MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In APR-2002, Contaminant: Coliform
  • MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In FEB-2001, Contaminant: Coliform
  • MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In NOV-2000, Contaminant: Coliform
  • MCL, Single Sample - Between JAN-2000 and MAR-2000, Contaminant: Bis(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate. Follow-up actions: St Other (MAY-11-2000), St Compliance achieved (JUN-14-2006)
  • MCL, Single Sample - Between JAN-1999 and DEC-1999, Contaminant: Bis(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate. Follow-up actions: St Other (MAY-11-2000), St Compliance achieved (JUN-14-2006)
Past monitoring violations:
  • Notification, Public - In JAN-2000, Contaminant: Bis(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate. Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (MAR-13-2000), St Formal NOV issued (MAR-13-2000), St Other (MAY-11-2000), St Compliance achieved (JUN-14-2006)
  • One minor monitoring violation

Average household size:
This city:  2.4 people
Arkansas:  2.5 people

Percentage of family households:
This city:  67.0%
Whole state:  70.2%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This city:  4.2%
Whole state:  3.9%

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

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:
This city:  19.0%
Whole state:  15.8%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:
This city:  6.1%
Whole state:  6.6%

Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Gurdon, AR



Gurdon compared to Arkansas state average:

Gurdon, Arkansas environmental map by EPA

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  • Median household income below state average.
  • Median house value significantly below state average.
  • Black race population percentage significantly above state average.
  • Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Length of stay since moving in above state average.
  • House age above state average.
  • Number of college students below state average.
  • Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher significantly below state average.


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Banks with branches in Gurdon (2007 data):
  • First State Bank: Gurdon Branch at 100 East Main Street, branch established on 2000-07-28. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $301.0 mil, Deposits: $227.4 mil, headquarters in Lonoke, AR, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 5 total offices, Holding Company: Lonoke Bancshares, Inc.
  • U.S. Bank National Association: Gurdon Branch at 105 East Main Street, branch established on 1989-02-01. Info updated 2006-10-10: Bank assets: $217,802.3 mil, Deposits: $135,903.1 mil, headquarters in Cincinnati, OH, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 2565 total offices, Holding Company: U.S. Bancorp



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2004 Presidential Election results in Clark County Arkansas:




Most commonly used house heating fuel:
  • Utility gas (73%)
  • Electricity (24%)
  • Wood (2%)
  • Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)

7.96% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($27,005 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  7.96%
Arkansas average:  7.98%

0.29% of residents moved from foreign countries ($151 average AGI)
Clark County:  0.29%
Arkansas average:  0.10%

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
from Hot Spring County, AR  0.57% ($17,875 average AGI)
from Garland County, AR  0.46% ($20,406)
from Pulaski County, AR  0.44% ($27,677)


8.61% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($27,384 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  8.61%
Arkansas average:  7.29%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
to Garland County, AR  0.98% ($28,058 average AGI)
to Hot Spring County, AR  0.95% ($27,866)
to Pulaski County, AR  0.78% ($22,527)


Strongest AM radio stations in Gurdon:
  • KGHT (880 AM; 50 kW; SHERIDAN, AR; Owner: METROPOLITAN RADIO GROUP, INC.)
  • KAAY (1090 AM; 50 kW; LITTLE ROCK, AR; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • KEEL (710 AM; 50 kW; SHREVEPORT, LA; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
  • KWKH (1130 AM; 50 kW; SHREVEPORT, LA; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
  • KBHS (590 AM; 5 kW; HOT SPRINGS, AR; Owner: J & A, INC.)
  • KWXI (670 AM; daytime; 5 kW; GLENWOOD, AR; Owner: PGR COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
  • KVRC (1240 AM; 1 kW; ARKADELPHIA, AR; Owner: CLARK COUNTY BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • KXOW (1420 AM; 5 kW; HOT SPRINGS, AR)
  • KTPA (1370 AM; 1 kW; PRESCOTT, AR; Owner: NEWPORT BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • KMTL (760 AM; daytime; 10 kW; SHERWOOD, AR; Owner: GEORGE V. DOMERESE)
  • WCRV (640 AM; 50 kW; COLLIERVILLE, TN; Owner: BOTT BROADCASTING COMPANY/TENNESSEE)
  • KPYN (900 AM; 10 kW; ATLANTA, TX; Owner: FAMILY WORSHIP CENTER CHURCH, INC.)
  • KDMS (1290 AM; 5 kW; EL DORADO, AR; Owner: EL DORADO BROADCASTING CO.)

Strongest FM radio stations in Gurdon:
  • KYXK (106.9 FM; GURDON, AR; Owner: CLARK COUNTY BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • KLAZ (105.9 FM; HOT SPRINGS, AR; Owner: NOALMARK BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
  • KQUS-FM (97.5 FM; HOT SPRINGS, AR; Owner: KVOL RADIO BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • KYDL (96.7 FM; HOT SPRINGS, AR; Owner: KSMB/KDYS RADIO BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • K204DI (88.7 FM; HOT SPRINGS, AR; Owner: EDUCATIONAL MEDIA FOUNDATION)
  • K208CQ (89.5 FM; ARKADELPHIA, AR; Owner: EDUCATIONAL MEDIA FOUNDATION)
  • K220EF (91.9 FM; ARKADELPHIA, AR; Owner: AMERICAN FAMILY ASSOCIATION)
  • K209CV (89.7 FM; PRESCOTT, AR; Owner: AMERICAN FAMILY ASSOCIATION)

TV broadcast stations around Gurdon:
  • KETG (Channel 9; ARKADELPHIA, AR; Owner: ARKANSAS EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION COMMISSION)
  • KTEV-LP (Channel 13; PRESCOTT, AR; Owner: SANDRA A. MAY)
  • KVTH (Channel 26; HOT SPRINGS, AR; Owner: AGAPE CHURCH, INC.)

FCC Registered Cell Phone Towers: 2 (See the full list of FCC Registered Cell Phone Towers in Gurdon)
FCC Registered Antenna Towers: 17 (See the full list of FCC Registered Antenna Towers)
FCC Registered Commercial Land Mobile Towers: 3 (See the full list of FCC Registered Commercial Land Mobile Towers in Gurdon, AR)
FCC Registered Private Land Mobile Towers: 16 (See the full list of FCC Registered Private Land Mobile Towers)
FCC Registered Broadcast Land Mobile Towers: 2 (See the full list of FCC Registered Broadcast Land Mobile Towers)
FCC Registered Microwave Towers: 5
FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses: 14 (See the full list of FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses in Gurdon)

FAA Registered Aircrafts: 3

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