Scott township, Sharp County, Arkansas (AR) detailed profile
Land area: 36.6 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.2 sq. mi.
Population: 386 (all rural)
| Males: 204 |  (52.8%) |
| Females: 182 |  (47.2%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 386 (310 owner occupied, 76 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 20% |
| State: | 31% |
Races in Scott township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 99.0%
- Asian: 0.3%
Median age of males: 39.1
Median age of females: 42.3
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Average household size: 2.51
| Scott township: | 2.5 people |
| Arkansas: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 2.87
| Scott township: | $30,666 |
| Arkansas: | $40,511 |
| Here: | $406 |
| State: | $489 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $75,313 (it was $52,100 in 2000)
| : | $75,313 |
| Arkansas: | $109,500 |
| Population density: 11 people per square mile | (low). |
| This township: | 7.3% |
| Whole state: | 15.8% |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Notable location: Grange (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Churches in Scott township include: Bold Spring Church (A), Campground Church (B), Mount View Church (C). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemeteries: Shaver Cemetery (1), Mount View Cemetery (2), Roe Cemetery (3), Gardner Cemetery (4), Wilkerson Cemetery (5), Dawson Cemetery (6), Parsley Cemetery (7). Display/hide their locations on the map
Reservoirs: Cedar Lake (A), Runyans Lake (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Mill Creek (A), Lick Branch (B), Wilkerson Branch (C), Crabtree Branch (D), South Prong Reeds Creek (E), Bold Spring Branch (F), North Prong Reeds Creek (G). Display/hide their locations on the map
40% of Scott township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 10% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 88% lived in Arkansas.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 358
- Northeast: 3
- Midwest: 42
- South: 34
- West: 4
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $9,999
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.2%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 123
- Mobile homes: 79
Median worth of mobile homes: $26,700
Housing units in Scott township with a mortgage: 15 (0 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 15
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (20%)
- Construction (12%)
- Food (11%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (5%)
- Truck transportation (4%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (3%)
- Health care (25%)
- Educational services (16%)
- Food and beverage stores (6%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Social assistance (3%)
- Farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (8%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (7%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Scott township:
- United States or American (40.7%)
- English (25.7%)
- Irish (15.3%)
- Scotch-Irish (5.5%)
- Scottish (3.3%)
- European (2.3%)
- Dutch (1.3%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 150 (74%)
- Carpooled: 30 (15%)
- Walked: 7 (3%)
- Worked at home: 16 (8%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (36%)
- Wood (32%)
- Electricity (22%)
- Solar energy (4%)
- Utility gas (4%)
- Other fuel (2%)
98.4% of residents of Scott township speak English at home.
1.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 441- In family households: 413 (130 male householders, 2 female householders)
140 spouses, 130 children (96 natural, 6 adopted, 28 stepchildren), 5 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 3 other relatives, 3 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 28 (16 male householders (14 living alone)), 9 female householders (9 living alone)), 3 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 58 2-persons, 26 3-persons, 27 4-persons, 18 5-persons, 3 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 23 1-person, 2 2-persons,
70 married couples with children.
17 single-parent households (4 men, 13 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): 2
| Here: | 13.3% |
| Arkansas: | 6.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 6
| Here: | 46.2% |
| Arkansas: | 14.7% |