Baker township, Lafayette County, Arkansas (AR) detailed profile
Land area: 34.7 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.1 sq. mi.
Population: 2,463 (all rural)
Males: 1,150 | (46.7%) |
Females: 1,313 | (53.3%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 2,375 (1,761 owner occupied, 614 renter occupied)
% of renters here: | 26% |
State: | 31% |
Races in Baker township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 50.5%
- Black: 47.5%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.5%
- Asian: 0.1%
- Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 0.0%
- Hispanic or Latino: 0.8%
- Two or more races: 0.6%
Median age of males: 37.7
Median age of females: 41.2
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Average household size: 2.41
Baker township: | 2.4 people |
Arkansas: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 3.04
Baker township: | $29,545 |
Arkansas: | $40,511 |
Here: | $282 |
State: | $489 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $53,270 (it was $33,900 in 2000)
: | $53,270 |
Arkansas: | $109,500 |
Mean price in 2013:
Detached houses: $75,347
Here: $75,347 State: $153,111
Townhouses or other attached units: $86,997
Here: $86,997 State: $138,575
Mobile homes: $39,143
Here: $39,143 State: $52,675
Population density: 71 people per square mile | (average). |
This township: | 6.3% |
Whole state: | 15.8% |
This township: | 4.9% |
Whole state: | 6.6% |
Cities in this township include: Stamps.
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Churches in Baker township include: Sardis Church (A), Sunview Church (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemetery: Cummings Cemetery (1). Display/hide its location on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Little Bodcau Creek (A), Tucker Branch (B), Davis Branch (C), Thomas Branch (D), Tatum Branch (E), Crooked Branch (F), Cook Branch (G), Bog Branch (H), Big Branch (I). Display/hide their locations on the map
79% of Baker township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 61% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 100% lived in Arkansas.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 518
- Northeast: 5
- Midwest: 29
- South: 8
- West: 2
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.7%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
88 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 224
- One, attached: 1
- Two: 4
- Mobile homes: 12
Median worth of mobile homes: $9,999
Housing units in Baker township with a mortgage: 32 (4 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 40
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (14%)
- Food (9%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (9%)
- Construction (8%)
- Truck transportation (6%)
- Wood products (5%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Health care (19%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Food (10%)
- Food and beverage stores (8%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (11%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Fishing and hunting, and forest and logging workers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Supervisors of construction and extraction workers (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (11%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (8%)
- Health technologists and technicians (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Baker township:
- German (76.6%)
- Norwegian (9.4%)
- Irish (3.9%)
- Slovak (3.5%)
- Czech (1.6%)
- French Canadian (1.4%)
- United States or American (1.2%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 153 (54%)
- Carpooled: 13 (5%)
- Walked: 38 (13%)
- Worked at home: 81 (28%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (54%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (23%)
- Electricity (13%)
- Wood (10%)
88 people in nursing homes
92.9% of residents of Baker township speak English at home.
3.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
2.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (56% speak English very well, 44% speak English well).
0.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 567- In family households: 507 (177 male householders, 4 female householders)
182 spouses, 142 children (138 natural, 3 adopted, 1 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 2 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 60 (29 male householders (26 living alone)), 24 female householders (21 living alone)), 7 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 112 2-persons, 25 3-persons, 38 4-persons, 6 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 47 1-person, 6 2-persons,
285 married couples with children.
246 single-parent households (45 men, 201 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: 5
Here: | 20.8% |
Arkansas: | 14.7% |