Athens township, Izard County, Arkansas (AR) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (0% naturalized citizens)
Athens township: | 1.0% |
Whole state: | 2.8% |
79% of Athens township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 32% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 37% lived in Arkansas.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 321
- Northeast: 10
- Midwest: 124
- South: 13
- West: 25
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $75,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.0%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 1.2% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 210
- 10 to 19: 2
- Mobile homes: 7
Median worth of mobile homes: $9,999
Housing units in Athens township with a mortgage: 61 (9 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 50
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (29%)
- Construction (17%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Metal and metal products (3%)
- Truck transportation (3%)
- Publishing, and motion picture and sound recording industries (3%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (3%)
- Finance and insurance (17%)
- Educational services (15%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (7%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (5%)
- Personal and laundry services (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (24%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (13%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (10%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (8%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (5%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Athens township:
- German (34.9%)
- United States or American (13.7%)
- English (12.6%)
- Irish (7.4%)
- Swedish (6.3%)
- Italian (5.5%)
- Polish (3.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Japan (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 173 (68%)
- Carpooled: 37 (15%)
- Walked: 6 (2%)
- Other means: 2 (1%)
- Worked at home: 37 (15%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (55%)
- Utility gas (32%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (5%)
- Electricity (4%)
- Wood (3%)
- No fuel used (1%)
98.5% of residents of Athens township speak English at home.
1.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 497- In family households: 438 (130 male householders, 24 female householders)
142 spouses, 130 children (118 natural, 7 adopted, 5 stepchildren), 2 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 2 parents, 6 other relatives, 2 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 59 (28 male householders (23 living alone)), 18 female householders (18 living alone)), 13 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 82 2-persons, 33 3-persons, 17 4-persons, 14 5-persons, 8 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 41 1-person, 2 2-persons, 2 3-persons, 1 5-persons,
27 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): 10
Here: | 15.6% |
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% |