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Garland County

Population in July 2007: 3,298.
Males: 1,605  (48.7%)
Females: 1,693  (51.3%)

Median resident age:  43.4 years
Arkansas median age:  36.0 years

Zip codes: 71913.


Estimated median household income in 2007: $51,077 (it was $46,366 in 2000)
Rockwell:  $51,077
Arkansas:  $38,134

Estimated per capita income in 2007: $28,085
Rockwell:  $28,085
Arkansas:  $20,708

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $162,698 (it was $98,900 in 2000)
Rockwell:  $162,698
Arkansas:  $101,000

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Races in Rockwell:

  • White Non-Hispanic (96.4%)
  • Two or more races (1.3%)
  • American Indian (1.2%)
  • Hispanic (0.9%)
  • Black (0.8%)

2008 cost of living index in Rockwell: 86.6 (less than average, U.S. average is 100)

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Ancestries: German (18.6%), United States (15.0%), Irish (13.1%), English (11.8%), Scotch-Irish (3.7%), French (3.4%).

Current Local Time: CST time zone

Land area: 3.16 square miles.

Population density: 1043 people per square mile 
 
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For population 25 years and over in Rockwell

  • High school or higher: 86.6%
  • Bachelor's degree or higher: 25.5%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 9.2%
  • Unemployed: 3.2%
  • Mean travel time to work: 23.8 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Rockwell CDP

  • Never married: 13.7%
  • Now married: 65.5%
  • Separated: 0.9%
  • Widowed: 4.7%
  • Divorced: 15.2%

55 residents are foreign born

This place:  1.8%
Arkansas:  2.8%


According to our research there were no registered sex offenders living in this place in early 2007.

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

Rockwell:  0.6% ($592)
Arkansas:  0.7% ($500)
Rockwell satellite photo by USGS

Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Little Rock, AR (49.4 miles , pop. 183,133).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Shreveport, LA (142.9 miles , pop. 200,145).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Dallas, TX (239.8 miles , pop. 1,188,580).

Nearest cities: Piney, AR (1.5 miles ), Lake Hamilton, AR (1.9 miles ), Hot Springs, AR (2.2 miles ), Mountain Pine, AR (2.8 miles ), Hot Springs Village, AR (4.0 miles ), Fountain Lake, AR (4.0 miles ), Friendship, AR (4.3 miles ), Caddo Valley, AR (4.3 miles ).

Latitude: 34.46 N, Longitude: 93.13 W

Area code commonly used in this area: 501

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Most common industries for males (%):



  • Construction (23%)
  • Professional, scientific, and technical services (8%)
  • Arts, entertainment, and recreation (7%)
  • Accommodation and food services (6%)
  • Finance and insurance (5%)
  • Public administration (5%)
  • Motor vehicle and parts dealers (5%)

Most common industries for females (%):



  • Health care (17%)
  • Educational services (13%)
  • Accommodation and food services (10%)
  • Food and beverage stores (9%)
  • Finance and insurance (6%)
  • Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
  • Social assistance (4%)

Most common occupations for males (%)



  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (9%)
  • Top executives (7%)
  • Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (6%)
  • Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
  • Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
  • Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
  • Supervisors, construction and extraction workers (4%)

Most common occupations for females (%)



  • Other sales and related workers including supervisors (8%)
  • Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
  • Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
  • Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
  • Health technologists and technicians (6%)
  • Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
  • Cashiers (3%)



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Rockwell-area historical tornado activity is slightly above Arkansas state average. It is 158% greater than the overall U.S. average.

On 3/1/1997, a category 4 (max. wind speeds 207-260 mph) tornado 22.7 miles away from the Rockwell place center killed 6 people and injured 100 people.

On 3/1/1997, a category 4 tornado 23.0 miles away from the place center injured 11 people.


Rockwell-area historical earthquake activity is below Arkansas state average. It is 83% smaller than the overall U.S. average.

On 1/21/1982 at 00:33:54, a magnitude 4.7 (4.5 MB, 4.7 LG, 4.5 LG, Class: Light, Intensity: IV - V) earthquake occurred 71.7 miles away from Rockwell center
On 5/4/2001 at 06:42:12, a magnitude 4.7 (4.2 MB, 4.7 LG, 4.5 LG, Depth: 6.2 mi) earthquake occurred 74.0 miles away from the city center
On 6/27/2000 at 01:28:45, a magnitude 3.9 (3.9 LG, 3.7 LG, Depth: 0.1 mi, Class: Light, Intensity: II - III) earthquake occurred 94.9 miles away from the city center
On 3/16/1997 at 19:07:27, a magnitude 3.4 (3.4 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi) earthquake occurred 24.7 miles away from Rockwell center
On 8/4/2001 at 01:13:25, a magnitude 3.1 (3.1 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi) earthquake occurred 12.7 miles away from the city center
On 5/16/2007 at 13:22:21, a magnitude 3.0 (3.0 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi) earthquake occurred 86.4 miles away from Rockwell center
Magnitude types: regional Lg-wave magnitude (LG), body-wave magnitude (MB)

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Hospitals/medical centers near Rockwell:
  • ADVANCE CARE HOSPITAL (about 3 miles; HOT SPRINGS, AR)
  • HOT SPRINGS SURGICAL HOSPITAL (about 3 miles; HOT SPRINGS, AR)
  • ST JOSEPHS MERCY HEALTH CENTER INC (about 3 miles; HOT SPRINGS, AR)

Amtrak stations near Rockwell:
  • 6 miles: HOT SPRINGS (100 BROADWAY TER.) - Bus Station
  • 20 miles: MALVERN (200 E. 1ST ST.). Services: fully wheelchair accessible, public payphones, paid short-term parking, paid long-term parking, call for taxi service.

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Rockwell:
  • HENDERSON STATE UNIVERSITY (about 29 miles; ARKADELPHIA, AR; Full-time enrollment: 3,109)
  • UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT LITTLE ROCK (about 49 miles; LITTLE ROCK, AR; FT enrollment: 8,024)
  • ARKANSAS TECH UNIVERSITY (about 57 miles; RUSSELLVILLE, AR; FT enrollment: 4,450)
  • UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL ARKANSAS (about 63 miles; CONWAY, AR; FT enrollment: 7,693)
  • UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT PINE BLUFF (about 69 miles; PINE BLUFF, AR; FT enrollment: 2,801)
  • WESTARK COLLEGE (about 81 miles; FT SMITH, AR; FT enrollment: 3,472)
  • ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY-BEEBE BRANCH (about 83 miles; BEEBE, AR; FT enrollment: 3,840)

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

Percentage of family households:
This place:  73.1%
Whole state:  70.2%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This place:  3.1%
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: 0.2% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:
This place:  4.5%
Whole state:  15.8%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:
This place:  1.4%
Whole state:  6.6%

Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Rockwell, AR



Rockwell compared to Arkansas state average:
  • Median house value below state average.
  • Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Median age significantly above state average.
  • Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Renting percentage below state average.
  • Number of college students below state average.


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Most commonly used house heating fuel:
  • Utility gas (62%)
  • Electricity (36%)
  • Wood (2%)


Religion statistics for Rockwell

Adherents


NameSouthern Baptist ConventionUnited Methodist ChurchCatholic ChurchAmerican Baptist AssociationPresbyterian Church (USA)
Adherents43.3%14.3%10.5%10.0%4.6%
Congregations25.2%9.8%2.1%18.9%3.5%
NameEvangelical Lutheran Church in AmericaAssemblies of GodChurches of ChristEpiscopal ChurchOther religions
Adherents2.0%2.0%1.9%1.6%9.9%
Congregations2.1%4.9%5.6%1.4%26.6%
Source: Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center.
Tables represent county-level data.


8.11% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($42,671 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  8.11%
Arkansas average:  7.98%

0.03% of residents moved from foreign countries ($119 average AGI)
Garland County:  0.03%
Arkansas average:  0.10%

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
from Hot Spring County, AR  0.59% ($28,617 average AGI)
from Pulaski County, AR  0.51% ($56,103)
from Saline County, AR  0.44% ($29,451)


6.23% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($31,253 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  6.23%
Arkansas average:  7.29%

0.03% of residents moved to foreign countries ($130 average AGI)
Garland County:  0.03%
Arkansas average:  0.04%

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
to Hot Spring County, AR  0.65% ($25,641 average AGI)
to Pulaski County, AR  0.55% ($29,768)
to Saline County, AR  0.35% ($37,867)


Strongest AM radio stations in Rockwell:
  • KXOW (1420 AM; 5 kW; HOT SPRINGS, AR)
  • KBHS (590 AM; 5 kW; HOT SPRINGS, AR; Owner: J & A, INC.)
  • KGHT (880 AM; 50 kW; SHERIDAN, AR; Owner: METROPOLITAN RADIO GROUP, INC.)
  • KZNG (1340 AM; 1 kW; HOT SPRINGS, AR; Owner: KVOL RADIO BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • KAAY (1090 AM; 50 kW; LITTLE ROCK, AR; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • KWXI (670 AM; daytime; 5 kW; GLENWOOD, AR; Owner: PGR COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
  • KEEL (710 AM; 50 kW; SHREVEPORT, LA; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
  • KMTL (760 AM; daytime; 10 kW; SHERWOOD, AR; Owner: GEORGE V. DOMERESE)
  • KWKH (1130 AM; 50 kW; SHREVEPORT, LA; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
  • KBOK (1310 AM; daytime; 1 kW; MALVERN, AR; Owner: NOALMARK BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
  • WCRV (640 AM; 50 kW; COLLIERVILLE, TN; Owner: BOTT BROADCASTING COMPANY/TENNESSEE)
  • KCAB (980 AM; 5 kW; DARDANELLE, AR; Owner: MMA LICENSE LLC)
  • KARN (920 AM; 5 kW; LITTLE ROCK, AR; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)

Strongest FM radio stations in Rockwell:
  • KQUS-FM (97.5 FM; HOT SPRINGS, AR; Owner: KVOL RADIO BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • K204DI (88.7 FM; HOT SPRINGS, AR; Owner: EDUCATIONAL MEDIA FOUNDATION)
  • KYDL (96.7 FM; HOT SPRINGS, AR; Owner: KSMB/KDYS RADIO BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • KLAZ (105.9 FM; HOT SPRINGS, AR; Owner: NOALMARK BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
  • KLXQ (101.9 FM; MOUNTAIN PINE, AR; Owner: KSMB/KDYS RADIO BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • KSBC (90.1 FM; HOT SPRINGS, AR; Owner: CENTRAL ARKANSAS CHRISTIAN BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • KALR (91.5 FM; HOT SPRINGS, AR; Owner: APPLIED LIFE MINISTRIES, INC.)
  • KSSN (95.7 FM; LITTLE ROCK, AR; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
  • KKPT (94.1 FM; LITTLE ROCK, AR; Owner: SIGNAL MEDIA OF ARKANSAS, INC.)
  • KVRE (92.9 FM; HOT SPRINGS VILLAGE, AR; Owner: CADDO BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • KABZ (103.7 FM; LITTLE ROCK, AR; Owner: SIGNAL MEDIA OF ARKANSAS, INC)
  • K207CW (89.3 FM; PARIS, AR; Owner: CALVARY CHAPEL OF TWIN FALLS, INC.)
  • KMSX (94.9 FM; MAUMELLE, AR; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
  • KLEZ (101.5 FM; MALVERN, AR; Owner: NOALMARK BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
  • KURB (98.5 FM; LITTLE ROCK, AR; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • KHKN (106.7 FM; BENTON, AR; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
  • KTTG (96.3 FM; MENA, AR; Owner: PEARSON BROADCASTING OF MENA, INC.)
  • KARV-FM (101.3 FM; OLA, AR; Owner: KERM INC)
  • KMJX (105.1 FM; CONWAY, AR; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
  • KDJE (100.3 FM; JACKSONVILLE, AR; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)

TV broadcast stations around Rockwell:
  • KVTH (Channel 26; HOT SPRINGS, AR; Owner: AGAPE CHURCH, INC.)
  • K44EV (Channel 44; HOT SPRINGS, AR; Owner: TRINITY BROADCASTING NETWORK)
  • KTVV-LP (Channel 63; HOT SPRINGS, AR; Owner: ARKANSAS 49, INC.)
  • KATV (Channel 7; LITTLE ROCK, AR; Owner: KATV, LLC)
  • KETS (Channel 2; LITTLE ROCK, AR; Owner: ARKANSAS EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION COMMISSION)
  • KETG (Channel 9; ARKADELPHIA, AR; Owner: ARKANSAS EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION COMMISSION)
  • KASN (Channel 38; PINE BLUFF, AR; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
  • KTHV (Channel 11; LITTLE ROCK, AR; Owner: ARKANSAS TELEVISION COMPANY)
  • KLRT-TV (Channel 16; LITTLE ROCK, AR; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
  • KARK-TV (Channel 4; LITTLE ROCK, AR; Owner: KARK-TV, INC.)
  • KWBF (Channel 42; LITTLE ROCK, AR; Owner: RIVER CITY BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • KKYK-LP (Channel 22; LITTLE ROCK, AR; Owner: ARKANSAS 49, INC.)
  • K13HP (Channel 13; HOT SPRINGS, ETC., AR; Owner: ARKANSAS TELEVISION COMPANY)



Home Mortgage Disclosure Act Aggregated Statistics For Year 2007
(Based on 1 partial tract)
A) FHA, FSA/RHS & VA
Home Purchase Loans
B) Conventional
Home Purchase Loans
C) Refinancings
D) Home Improvement Loans
E) Loans on Dwellings For 5+ Families
F) Non-occupant Loans on
< 5 Family Dwellings (A B C & D)
G) Loans On Manufactured
Home Dwelling (A B C & D)
NumberAverage ValueNumberAverage ValueNumberAverage ValueNumberAverage ValueNumberAverage ValueNumberAverage ValueNumberAverage Value
LOANS ORIGINATED4$135,69355$188,09245$180,46611$43,3851$186,85018$230,7545$60,448
APPLICATIONS APPROVED, NOT ACCEPTED0$07$136,7514$173,8652$67,1050$02$193,1251$111,200
APPLICATIONS DENIED1$83,6608$129,54920$211,1473$82,2700$05$274,2082$26,840
APPLICATIONS WITHDRAWN0$07$180,77410$192,4270$00$02$401,2401$21,960
FILES CLOSED FOR INCOMPLETENESS0$00$03$196,7270$00$00$00$0
Choose year:  2007 2006 2005 2004

Detailed HMDA statistics for the following Tracts: 0112.00

Private Mortgage Insurance Companies Aggregated Statistics For Year 2007
(Based on 1 partial tract)
A) Conventional
Home Purchase Loans
B) Refinancings
C) Non-occupant Loans on
< 5 Family Dwellings (A & B)
NumberAverage ValueNumberAverage ValueNumberAverage Value
LOANS ORIGINATED18$175,9855$175,3462$332,215
APPLICATIONS APPROVED, NOT ACCEPTED1$234,9601$211,2500$0
APPLICATIONS DENIED0$00$00$0
APPLICATIONS WITHDRAWN1$176,7400$00$0
FILES CLOSED FOR INCOMPLETENESS0$00$00$0
Choose year:  2007 2006 2005 2004

Detailed PMIC statistics for the following Tracts: 0112.00

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