El Dorado township, Union County, Arkansas (AR) detailed profile
Land area: 120.8 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.2 sq. mi.
Population: 28,623 (77% urban, 23% rural)
| Males: 13,476 |  (47.1%) |
| Females: 15,147 |  (52.9%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 27,837 (18,736 owner occupied, 9,101 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 33% |
| State: | 31% |
Races in El Dorado township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 61.6%
- Black: 35.8%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.2%
- Asian: 0.5%
- Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 0.0%
- Hispanic or Latino: 1.0%
- Two or more races: 0.7%
- Some other race: 0.0%
Median age of males: 37.4
Median age of females: 39.4
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Average household size: 2.45
| El Dorado township: | 2.5 people |
| Arkansas: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 2.99
| El Dorado township: | $37,155 |
| Arkansas: | $40,511 |
| Here: | $383 |
| State: | $489 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $76,538 (it was $49,300 in 2000)
| : | $76,538 |
| Arkansas: | $109,500 |
Mean price in 2013:
Detached houses: $118,146
Here: $118,146 State: $153,111
Townhouses or other attached units: $49,492
Here: $49,492 State: $138,575
Mobile homes: $72,233
Here: $72,233 State: $52,675
Occupied boats, RVs, vans, etc.: $36,298
Here: $36,298 State: $69,243
| Population density: 237 people per square mile | (high). |
| This township: | 2.9% |
| Whole state: | 15.8% |
Cities in this township include: El Dorado.
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Notable locations in El Dorado township: Union County Sheriff's Office (A), Parkers Chapel Volunteer Fire Department (B), Faircrest Volunteer Fire Department (C), ProMed Ambulance - El Dorado (D). Display/hide their locations on the map
Churches in El Dorado township include: Jerusalem Church (A), Little Bethel Church (B), Bethel Chapel Assembly of God Church (C), Beulah Grove Church (D), Dumas Memorial United Methodist Church (E), Evergreen Baptist Church (F), Harmony Baptist Church (G), Hickory Grove Chapel (H), Lighthouse Church (I). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemeteries: Goodwin Cemetery (1), Pate Cemetery (2), Bethel Cemetery (3), Beulah Grove Cemetery (4), Galilee Cemetery (5), Jerusalem Cemetery (6), Old Parkers Chapel Cemetery (7). Display/hide their locations on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Morgan Branch (A), Dry Creek (B), Cany Creek (C), Bogay Creek (D). Display/hide their locations on the map
Parks in El Dorado township include: Mount Union Park (1), El Dorado Recreation Complex (2). Display/hide their locations on the map
68% of El Dorado township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 23% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 91% lived in Arkansas.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 200
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 8
- South: 2
- West: 0
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $17,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.0%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
People in group quarters in El Dorado township, Arkansas:
- 542 people in nursing homes
- 117 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 94 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 15 people in hospitals or wards for drug/alcohol abuse
- 9 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
- 9 people in other nonhousehold living situations
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 78
- One, attached: 2
- Mobile homes: 2
Median worth of mobile homes: $27,500
Housing units in El Dorado township with a mortgage: 16 (0 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 11
- Construction (11%)
- Chemicals (7%)
- Food (6%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Truck transportation (4%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Health care (4%)
- Health care (18%)
- Educational services (15%)
- Food (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (3%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (3%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in El Dorado township:
- German (31.6%)
- English (25.2%)
- United States or American (21.3%)
- Welsh (5.2%)
- Irish (4.5%)
- Dutch (3.2%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.6%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 90 (80%)
- Carpooled: 5 (4%)
- Walked: 4 (4%)
- Other means: 2 (2%)
- Worked at home: 11 (10%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (83%)
- Electricity (11%)
- Utility gas (3%)
- Wood (3%)
People in group quarters in El Dorado township, Arkansas:
- 542 people in nursing homes
- 117 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 94 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 15 people in hospitals or wards for drug/alcohol abuse
- 9 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
- 9 people in other nonhousehold living situations
97.9% of residents of El Dorado township speak English at home.
2.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 210- In family households: 196 (56 male householders, 4 female householders)
58 spouses, 73 children (61 natural, 2 adopted, 10 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 3 other relatives, 2 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 14 (8 male householders (4 living alone)), 3 female householders (3 living alone)), 3 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 26 2-persons, 8 3-persons, 12 4-persons, 12 5-persons, 2 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 7 1-person, 2 2-persons, 2 3-persons,
4,021 married couples with children.
2,476 single-parent households (406 men, 2,070 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% |