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Carter township, Ashley County, AR

4,168 Population
82.9 square miles 50.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.8 ±6.9 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Ashley County: 42.8 ±0.5
  • about the same as the figure in Arkansas: 38.5 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$20,399 ±$3,650 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Ashley County: $24,967 ±$1,806
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Arkansas: $34,225 ±$328
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$35,609 ±$6,634 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Ashley County: $44,266 ±$3,356
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Arkansas: $60,773 ±$467
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

34.2% ±11% (1,403  ±481) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Ashley County: 22.2% † 4,049 (±4.1% / ±750)
  • more than double the rate in Arkansas: 16% 473,903 (±0.3% / ±7,279)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

25.6 minutes ±3.2 (30,975  ±6,491) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Ashley County: 23.9 † 153,530 (±2.9 / ±21,097)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Arkansas: 22.5 27,222,660 (±0.2 / ±267,159)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,541 ±184 Number of households
  • Ashley County: 7,356 ±291
  • Arkansas: 1,205,987 ±4,874
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.6 ±0.4 (4,073  ±477) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Ashley County: 2.5 18,256 (±0.1 / ±11)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Arkansas: 2.5 2,966,574
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

1,834 ±163 Number of housing units
  • Ashley County: 9,392 ±23
  • Arkansas: 1,394,673 ±514
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$82,600 ±$11,566 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Ashley County: $91,900 ±$4,993
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Arkansas: $188,000 ±$1,754
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

8.1% ±5.3% (338  ±225) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in Ashley County: 8.6% † 1,556 (±2.8% / ±513.6)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Arkansas: 12.6% 380,835 (±0.3% / ±8,207.5)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

78.9% ±5.5% (2,136  ±304.4) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Ashley County: 87.7% 11,247 (±4.5% / ±605.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Arkansas: 88.7% 1,827,162 (±0.5% / ±10,760.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
9.7% ±3.7% (263  ±104) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Ashley County: 12.8% † 1,641 (±2.2% / ±281.1)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Arkansas: 25.7% 529,858 (±0.3% / ±5,926.8)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

5.1% ±2.1% (211  ±91) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Ashley County: 2.2% 406
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Arkansas: 5.4% 165,740
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.9% ±2.9% (179  ±91) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Ashley County: 4.8% † 688 (±1.2% / ±164)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Arkansas: 7.4% 173,377 (±0.1% / ±2,373)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
179 Total veterans ±91 153 Male ±86 26 Female ±30

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