Boston township, Newton County, Arkansas (AR) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 3 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Boston township: | 3.3% |
| Whole state: | 2.8% |
88% of Boston township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 0% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 82% lived in Arkansas.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 57
- Northeast: 9
- Midwest: 3
- South: 10
- West: 12
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $9,999
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.8%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 2.4% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 52
- Mobile homes: 10
Median worth of mobile homes: $52,500
Housing units in Boston township with a mortgage: 6 (0 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 11
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (18%)
- Food (15%)
- Construction (10%)
- Machinery (8%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (6%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (4%)
- Health care (18%)
- Educational services (16%)
- Finance and insurance (9%)
- Food and beverage stores (7%)
- Social assistance (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (13%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (10%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Food processing workers (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Material moving workers except supervisors and laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (12%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Cashiers (6%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (5%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (5%)
- Child care workers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Boston township:
- United States or American (25.0%)
- German (23.2%)
- English (19.6%)
- Irish (12.5%)
- French (except Basque) (3.6%)
- Scotch-Irish (3.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 24 (65%)
- Carpooled: 11 (30%)
- Worked at home: 2 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Wood (76%)
- Electricity (16%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (9%)
92.6% of residents of Boston township speak English at home.
1.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
6.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (50% speak English very well, 50% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 96- In family households: 72 (29 male householders, 0 female householders)
15 spouses, 24 children (21 natural, 0 adopted, 3 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 4 parents, 0 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 24 (13 male householders (9 living alone)), 7 female householders (7 living alone)), 4 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 14 2-persons, 8 3-persons, 7 4-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 16 1-person, 4 2-persons,
16 married couples with children.
3 single-parent households (3 men, 0 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 2
| Here: | 40.0% |
| Arkansas: | 7.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Arkansas: | 6.8% |