Dekalb township, Grant County, Arkansas (AR) detailed profile
Land area: 58.3 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.1 sq. mi.
Population: 624 (all rural)
Males: 321 | (51.4%) |
Females: 303 | (48.6%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 624 (551 owner occupied, 73 renter occupied)
% of renters here: | 12% |
State: | 31% |
Races in Dekalb township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 97.6%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.3%
- Two or more races: 0.3%
Median age of males: 41.3
Median age of females: 42.0
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Average household size: 2.38
Dekalb township: | 2.4 people |
Arkansas: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 2.84
Dekalb township: | $48,695 |
Arkansas: | $40,511 |
Here: | $518 |
State: | $489 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $102,867 (it was $60,800 in 2000)
: | $102,867 |
Arkansas: | $109,500 |
Population density: 11 people per square mile | (low). |
This township: | 5.8% |
Whole state: | 15.8% |
This township: | 2.2% |
Whole state: | 6.6% |
Cities in this township include: Tull.
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Notable location: Palestine Community Volunteer Fire Department (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Church in Dekalb township: Palestine Church (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Cemeteries: Ashcraft Cemetery (1), Poe Cemetery (2), Jacob Cemetery (3), Jones Cemetery (4). Display/hide their locations on the map
Lakes and reservoirs: Nall Lake (A), Tull Lake (B), Fiser Lake (C). Display/hide their locations on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Little Mud Creek (A), Kelly Branch (B), Jack Creek (C), Horn Branch (D), Gee Branch (E), Chinquapin Creek (F), Skullbone Creek (G). Display/hide their locations on the map
61% of Dekalb township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 20% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 78% lived in Arkansas.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 191
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 70
- South: 2
- West: 11
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.6%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.4% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 137
- Mobile homes: 10
Median worth of mobile homes: $15,000
Housing units in Dekalb township with a mortgage: 10 (0 second mortgage, 3 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 37
- Construction (21%)
- Furniture and home furnishings, and household appliance stores (13%)
- Nonmetallic mineral products (6%)
- Metal and metal products (6%)
- Repair and maintenance (6%)
- Wood products (5%)
- Rail transportation (4%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Health care (7%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (6%)
- Hardware, plumbing and heating equipment, and supplies merchant wholesalers (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (15%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (8%)
- Carpenters (8%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (4%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (16%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (12%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (8%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Customer service representatives (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Dekalb township:
- German (27.9%)
- Swedish (23.5%)
- United States or American (12.3%)
- English (11.3%)
- Irish (4.9%)
- Danish (4.4%)
- Italian (2.9%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 70 (55%)
- Carpooled: 36 (28%)
- Walked: 12 (9%)
- Worked at home: 9 (7%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (81%)
- Electricity (9%)
- Wood (6%)
- Utility gas (2%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)
98.1% of residents of Dekalb township speak English at home.
1.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (60% speak English very well, 40% don't speak English at all).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 274- In family households: 234 (64 male householders, 14 female householders)
74 spouses, 66 children (65 natural, 0 adopted, 1 stepchildren), 3 grandchildren, 5 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 8 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 40 (25 male householders (25 living alone)), 15 female householders (15 living alone)), 0 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 40 2-persons, 11 3-persons, 11 4-persons, 11 5-persons, 5 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 40 1-person,
101 married couples with children.
14 single-parent households (8 men, 6 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% |