Household received Food Stamps/SNAP in the past 12 months: 210 Household did not receive Food Stamps/SNAP in the past 12 months: 1,398
Women who had a birth in the past 12 months: 101 (0 now married, 101 unmarried) Women who did not have a birth in the past 12 months: 812 (412 now married, 400 unmarried)
Housing units in zip code 71743 with a mortgage: 575 (8 second mortgage, 24 home equity loan) Houses without a mortgage: 596
Median monthly owner costs for units with a mortgage: $882 Median monthly owner costs for units without a mortgage: $317
Residents with income below the poverty level in 2011:
This zip code:
20.4%
Whole state:
19.5%
Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2011:
Notable locations in this zip code not listed on our city pages:
Notable locations in zip code 71743: Center Point (A), Gurdon Golf Course (B), Beirne Rural Volunteer Fire Department (C), Curtis Fire Department (D), Whelen Springs Fire Station (E), Gurdon Fire Station (F), Kansas Community Volunteer Fire Department (G), Gurdon Police Department (H). Display/hide their locations on the map
Churches in zip code 71743 include: Victor Temple (A), Mount Canaan Baptist Church (B), First United Methodist Church (C), First Baptist Church (D), Beech Street Baptist Church (E), Cross Roads Church (F), Eastern Star Church (G), Beirne Baptist Church (H), Center Point Baptist Church (I). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemeteries: Lewis Randolph Grave (1), Bethel Springs Cemetery (2), Bethlehem Cemetery (3), Kansas Cemetery (4), Greenville Cemetery (5), Easley Cemetery (6), Curtis Cemetery (7). Display/hide their locations on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Mill Creek (A), McNeeley Creek (B), Long Slough (C), Locket Creek (D), Lick Creek (E), Lick Branch (F), Wolf Creek (G), White Oak Creek (H), Cypress Creek (I). Display/hide their locations on the map
Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses/condos in 2011 in zip code 71743:
Less than $10,000: 5
$10,000 to $14,999: 67
$15,000 to $19,999: 32
$20,000 to $24,999: 17
$25,000 to $29,999: 62
$30,000 to $34,999: 98
$35,000 to $39,999: 20
$40,000 to $49,999: 82
$50,000 to $59,999: 193
$60,000 to $69,999: 133
$70,000 to $79,999: 77
$80,000 to $89,999: 91
$90,000 to $99,999: 29
$100,000 to $124,999: 90
$125,000 to $149,999: 71
$150,000 to $174,999: 28
$175,000 to $199,999: 4
$200,000 to $249,999: 11
$250,000 to $299,999: 23
$300,000 to $399,999: 32
$750,000 to $999,999: 6
Rent paid by renters in 2011 in zip code 71743:
Less than $100: 25
$100 to $149: 4
$150 to $199: 5
$200 to $249: 31
$250 to $299: 42
$300 to $349: 44
$350 to $399: 155
$400 to $449: 60
$450 to $499: 13
$550 to $599: 4
$600 to $649: 30
No cash rent: 24
Median gross rent in 2011: $583.
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2011: $124,920.
Estimated median house (or condo) value in 2011 for:
White Non-Hispanic householders: $69,724
Black or African American householders: $46,143
Some other race householders: $54,586
Two or more races householders: $109,172
Hispanic or Latino householders: $54,586
Estimated median house or condo value in 2011: $60,700
71743:
$60,700
Arkansas:
$106,300
Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $37,900 - $90,400
Mean price in 2011:
Detached houses: $89,094
Here:
$89,094
State:
$146,029
Mobile homes: $67,562
Here:
$67,562
State:
$59,587
Owners and renters by unit type in %
Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders
Housing units in structures:
One, detached: 1,579
One, attached: 9
Two: 30
3 or 4: 50
5 to 9: 33
10 to 19: 34
20 to 49: 11
Mobile homes: 456
Unemployment: 14.7%
Means of transportation to work
Drove a car alone: 1,219 (75%)
Carpooled: 294 (18%)
Bus or trolley bus: 5 (0%)
Motorcycle: 23 (1%)
Worked at home: 86 (5%)
Travel time to work (commute)
Less than 5 minutes: 55
5 to 9 minutes: 205
10 to 14 minutes: 234
15 to 19 minutes: 208
20 to 24 minutes: 404
25 to 29 minutes: 63
30 to 34 minutes: 107
35 to 39 minutes: 21
40 to 44 minutes: 32
45 to 59 minutes: 60
60 to 89 minutes: 113
90 or more minutes: 39
Percentage of zip code residents living and working in this county: 76.6%
Household type by relationship:
Households: 4,049
In family households: 3,562 (550 male householders, 626 female householders)
765 spouses, 1,191 children (1,027 natural, 43 adopted, 123 stepchildren), 159 grandchildren, 75 brothers or sisters, 26 parents, 84 other relatives, 86 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 487 (185 male householders (185 living alone)), 247 female householders (191 living alone)), 55 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 8 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 593 2-persons, 338 3-persons, 155 4-persons, 64 5-persons, 26 6-persons
Size of nonfamily households: 376 1-person, 56 2-persons
388 married couples with children.
301 single-parent households (28 men, 273 women).
93.8% of residents of 71743 zip code speak English at home.
4.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (64% very well, 25% well, 7% not well, 4% not at all).
2.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (61% very well, 31% well, 8% not well).
Foreign born population: 112 (2.8%) (54.5% of them are naturalized citizens)
This zip code:
2.8%
Whole state:
4.4%
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
Mexico (38%)
Vietnam (29%)
Guatemala (10%)
Honduras (9%)
Germany (7%)
El Salvador (7%)
Year of entry for the foreign-born population
2000 or later: 18
1990 to 1999: 86
1980 to 1989: 8
Before 1980: 0
Races in zip code 71743:
White population: 2,555 Black population: 1,085 American Indian population: 13 Asian population: 9 Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander population: 1 Some other race population: 2 Two or more races population: 52 Hispanic or Latino population: 373
Most common first ancestries reported in 71743 (%):
Other groups (45%)
American (10%)
English (7%)
Irish (4%)
French (except Basque) (2%)
German (2%)
Scottish (1%)
Major facilities with environmental interests located in this zip code:
INTERNATIONAL PAPER CO GURDON WOOD PRODUCTS (HIGHWAY 67 NORTH in GURDON, AR)
AIR MAJOR (AIRS/AFS) COMPLIANCE ACTIVITY (Tracking inspections of insecticide, fungicide, and rodenticide, and toxic substances) CRITERIA AND HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANT INVENTORY (Inventory of air pollution sources) National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System NON-MAJOR (Tracking pollutant discharge elimination systems) - permit AIR MAJOR ("Best Available" air pollution technologies tracking) Conditionally Exempt Small Quantity Generators, less than 100 kg/month of hazardous waste (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) - notification TRI REPORTER (Tracking of toxic chemicals releasing facilities) Business SIC classification: LOGGING; SAWMILLS AND PLANING MILLS, GENERAL; SOFTWOOD VENEER AND PLYWOOD Business NAICS classification: SAWMILLS.; SOFTWOOD VENEER AND PLYWOOD MANUFACTURING.; SOFTWOOD VENEER AND PLYWOOD MANUFACTURING. Alternative names: GURDON WOOD PRODUCTS PLANT(INT PLANT CO), INTERNATIONAL PAPER CO., INTERNATIONAL PAPER CO., INTERNATIONAL PAPER CO-GURDON, INTERNATIONAL PAPER-GURDON, INTERNATIONAL PAPER GURDON WOOD PRODS.
CIRCLE C FARM (496 SOUTH FORK RD. in GURDON, AR)
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System NON-MAJOR (Tracking pollutant discharge elimination systems) - permit STATE MASTER (PDS) - WATER-ARG010095, LIVESTOCK WASTE CONTROL Business SIC classification: HOGS
GURDON, CITY OF (167 BREWER RD in GURDON, AR)
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System NON-MAJOR (Tracking pollutant discharge elimination systems) - permit STATE MASTER (PDS) - WATER-AR0022551, National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Permit Business SIC classification: SEWERAGE SYSTEMS
SOUTHFORK TRUCK STOP (I-30 & HWY 53 in GURDON, AR)
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System NON-MAJOR (Tracking pollutant discharge elimination systems) - permit STATE MASTER (PDS) - WATER-AR0045551, National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Permit, WATER-AR0045551C, Business SIC classification: TERMINAL AND JOINT TERMINAL MAINTENANCE FACILITIES FOR MOTOR FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION Alternative names: DEATON'S SOUTHFORK TRUCK STOP
CABE MIDDLE SCHOOL (7780 HWY 67 SOUTH in GURDON, AR)
(Geographic Names Information System) (National Center for Education Statistics) - STATE ID-1003017 Organizations: GURDON (SCHOOL DISTRICT)
GURDON HIGH SCHOOL (7777 HWY 67 SOUTH in GURDON, AR)
(Geographic Names Information System) (National Center for Education Statistics) - STATE ID-1003018
GURDON PRIMARY SCHOOL (401 NORTH 10 STREET in GURDON, AR)
(Geographic Names Information System) (National Center for Education Statistics) - STATE ID-1003016
CALLEY'S FINA (HWY 67 in GURDON, AR)
(Integrated Compliance Information System) - ICIS-06-1998-0933, FORMAL ENFORCEMENT ACTION Business SIC classification: GASOLINE SERVICE STATIONS; GENERAL AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR SHOPS
SOUTHFORK TRUCKSTOP (I-39 AND HIGHWAY 53 in GURDON, AR)
(Integrated Compliance Information System) - ICIS-06-2002-3938, FORMAL ENFORCEMENT ACTION Business SIC classification: GASOLINE SERVICE STATIONS
FLEET TRANSPORT COMPANY (I-30 EXIT 3 NEAR SOUTH FORK TR in GURDON, AR)
(Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste))
AHTD-GURDON REST AREAS (I-30 (6 MI W OF CITY) in GURDON, AR)
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System NON-MAJOR (Tracking pollutant discharge elimination systems) - permit Business SIC classification: MISCELLANEOUS PERSONAL SERVICES Alternative names: AHTD - DISTRICT 7, AR HWY DEPT-GURDON REST AREA
CENTER POINT ENERGY - BERNIE STATION (HIGHWAY 67 SOUTH in GURDON, AR)
AIR MAJOR (AIRS/AFS) CRITERIA AND HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANT INVENTORY (Inventory of air pollution sources) Business SIC classification: NATURAL GAS TRANSMISSION Business NAICS classification: PIPELINE TRANSPORTATION OF NATURAL GAS. Alternative names: ARKLA,INC-BEIRNE COMPRESSOR STATION, NORAM-BEIRNE COMPRESSOR STATION
GURDON PRIMARY SCHOOL (TENTH & PINE ST in GURDON, AR)
ENFORCEMENT/COMPLIANCE ACTIVITY (Integrated Compliance Information System) FORMAL ENFORCEMENT ACTION (Integrated Compliance Information System)
Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 11.6%
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 18.3%
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
Electricity (42%)
Utility gas (40%)
Bottled, tank, or LP gas (12%)
Wood (6%)
Population in 1990: 4,180. Population change in the 1990s: +186 (+4.4%).
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
This state: 3,118
Northeast: 11
Midwest: 152
South: 497
West: 167
63% of the 71743 zip code residents lived in the same house 5 years ago. Out of people who lived in different houses, 74% lived in this county. Out of people who lived in different counties, 50% lived in Arkansas.
92% of the 71743 zip code residents lived in the same house 1 year ago. Out of people who lived in different houses, 67% moved from this county. Out of people who lived in different houses, 25% moved from different county within same state. Out of people who lived in different houses, 8% moved from different state.
Year Householders Moved Into Unit:
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 6
Here:
1.4%
Arkansas:
7.1%
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school):
Here:
0.0%
Arkansas:
7.7%
Students in private undergraduate colleges:
Here:
0.0%
Arkansas:
15.5%
Educational Attainment (%)
School Enrollment by Level of School (%)
Class of Workers (%)
Occupation by median earnings in the past 12 months ($)
Legal occupations: 205,179
Construction and extraction occupations: 63,224
Business and financial operations occupations: 60,625
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations: 55,417
Management occupations: 53,583
Community and social service occupations: 48,068
Top industries in this zip code by the number of employees in 2005:
Health Care and Social Assistance: Other Individual and Family Services (50-99 employees: 1 establishment)
Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services: Interior Design Services (20-49: 1)
Finance and Insurance: Commercial Banking (10-19: 1, 5-9: 1)
Accommodation and Food Services: Hotels (except Casino Hotels) and Motels (10-19: 1)
Health Care and Social Assistance: Child Day Care Services (10-19: 1)
Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)
Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)
Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)
Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)
Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)
Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninst.)
9 people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
Fatal accident statistics in 2011:
Fatal accident count: 2
Vehicles involved in fatal accidents: 2
Fatal accidents caused by drunken drivers: 0
Fatalities: 2
Persons involved in fatal accidents: 2
Pedestrians involved in fatal accidents: 1
Fatal accident statistics in 2010:
Fatal accident count: 3
Vehicles involved in fatal accidents: 4
Fatal accidents caused by drunken drivers: 1
Fatalities: 4
Persons involved in fatal accidents: 8
Pedestrians involved in fatal accidents: 0
Most common first names in zip code 71743 among deceased individuals
Name
Count
Lived (average)
James
60
72.3 years
Mary
45
79.7 years
William
42
72.8 years
John
33
76.4 years
Robert
26
72.7 years
Willie
21
75.0 years
Annie
19
75.6 years
George
19
77.4 years
Thomas
17
73.6 years
Charles
16
66.5 years
Most common last names in zip code 71743 among deceased individuals
