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Nelson township, Clay County, AR

228 Population
22.3 square miles 10.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

30.6 ±9.5 Median age
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Clay County: 42.7 ±0.6
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Arkansas: 38.5 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$26,592 ±$5,421 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Clay County: $27,594 ±$1,535
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Arkansas: $34,225 ±$328
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$102,500 ±$72,837 Median household income
  • about double the amount in Clay County: $51,481 ±$3,647
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Arkansas: $60,773 ±$467
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

6.6% ±7.7% (15  ±20) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Clay County: 17.2% † 2,425 (±3.1% / ±435)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Arkansas: 16% 473,903 (±0.3% / ±7,279)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

29.9 minutes ±28.6 (3,405  ±2,214) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Clay County: 23.3 131,395 (±1.5 / ±10,991)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Arkansas: 22.5 27,222,660 (±0.2 / ±267,159)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

88 ±51 Number of households
  • Clay County: 6,021 ±218
  • Arkansas: 1,205,987 ±4,874
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.6 ±0.8 (228  ±149) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Clay County: 2.4 14,170 (±0.1 / ±5)
  • a little higher than the figure in Arkansas: 2.5 2,966,574
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6.7% ±8.3% (4  ±6) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Clay County: 10.3% † 295 (±4.1% / ±119)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Arkansas: 5.6% 39,177 (±0.2% / ±1,481)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

123 ±57 Number of housing units
  • Clay County: 7,492 ±24
  • Arkansas: 1,394,673 ±514
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

N/A Median value of owner-occupied housing units

3.2% ±10.7% (7  ±24.2) Moved since previous year
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Clay County: 14.1% † 1,987 (±2.8% / ±390.4)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Arkansas: 12.6% 380,835 (±0.3% / ±8,207.5)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

87% ±66% (134  ±70.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Clay County: 87.6% 8,954 (±5.1% / ±519.3)
  • about the same as 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)
40.9% ±34.1% (63  ±62.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than double the rate in Clay County: 15.3% † 1,563 (±2.5% / ±254.7)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Arkansas: 25.7% 529,858 (±0.3% / ±5,926.8)
  • about 20 percent higher than 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

N/A Foreign-born population

2.5% ±2.1% (4  ±4) Population with veteran status
  • about one-third of the rate in Clay County: 7.6% † 848 (±1.4% / ±157)
  • about one-third of the rate in Arkansas: 7.4% 173,377 (±0.1% / ±2,373)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
4 Total veterans ±4 4 Male ±4 N/A Female ±13

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