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Independence township, Baxter County, AR

1,417 Population
22.6 square miles 62.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

48.1 ±8.4 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Baxter County: 51.4 ±0.5
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Arkansas: 38.5 ±0.2
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$29,800 ±$4,714 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Baxter County: $32,488 ±$2,363
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Arkansas: $34,225 ±$328
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$45,733 ±$24,466 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Baxter County: $48,452 ±$3,456
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Arkansas: $60,773 ±$467
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

13% ±10.2% (183  ±149) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Baxter County: 15.5% † 6,492 (±2.1% / ±897)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Arkansas: 16% 473,903 (±0.3% / ±7,279)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

13.2 minutes ±4.1 (7,880  ±3,701) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Baxter County: 19.4 260,225 (±1.8 / ±27,989)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Arkansas: 22.5 27,222,660 (±0.2 / ±267,159)
  • about half the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

747 ±198 Number of households
  • Baxter County: 19,348 ±450
  • Arkansas: 1,205,987 ±4,874
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
1.9 ±0.7 (1,408  ±316) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Baxter County: 2.2 41,957 (±0.1 / ±9)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Arkansas: 2.5 2,966,574
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

3.7% ±5.6% (11  ±17) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Baxter County: 4.6% † 339 (±2.1% / ±155)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Arkansas: 5.6% 39,177 (±0.2% / ±1,481)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

826 ±207 Number of housing units
  • Baxter County: 22,883 ±61
  • Arkansas: 1,394,673 ±514
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$160,000 ±$70,780 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Baxter County: $174,600 ±$8,342
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Arkansas: $188,000 ±$1,754
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

16.2% ±10% (229  ±150.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Baxter County: 13.2% † 5,558 (±2% / ±831.6)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Arkansas: 12.6% 380,835 (±0.3% / ±8,207.5)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

84.1% ±13.8% (950  ±252.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Baxter County: 89.7% 29,038 (±3.7% / ±1,204.1)
  • a little less than the rate in Arkansas: 88.7% 1,827,162 (±0.5% / ±10,760.7)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
17.4% ±9.3% (197  ±113.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Baxter County: 19.5% 6,293 (±1.9% / ±609.6)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Arkansas: 25.7% 529,858 (±0.3% / ±5,926.8)
  • about half 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

6.6% ±5.5% (94  ±81) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Baxter County: 2.1% 874
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Arkansas: 5.4% 165,740
  • about half the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

19.7% ±13.2% (224  ±157) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Baxter County: 11.8% † 4,101 (±1.5% / ±534)
  • more than double the rate in Arkansas: 7.4% 173,377 (±0.1% / ±2,373)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
224 Total veterans ±157 224 Male ±157 N/A Female ±13

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