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Big Creek township, Craighead County, AR

5,348 Population
42.2 square miles 126.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34 ±3.2 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Craighead County: 34.5 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Arkansas: 38.5 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$34,569 ±$4,950 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Craighead County: $33,774 ±$1,464
  • about the same as the amount in Arkansas: $34,225 ±$328
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$77,645 ±$15,072 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Craighead County: $59,548 ±$3,493
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Arkansas: $60,773 ±$467
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

11% ±4.1% (582  ±221) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Craighead County: 20.1% 22,019 (±1.9% / ±2,085)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Arkansas: 16% 473,903 (±0.3% / ±7,279)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

24 minutes ±1.9 (59,330  ±9,130) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Craighead County: 19.6 936,995 (±0.5 / ±34,129)
  • a little higher than the figure in Arkansas: 22.5 27,222,660 (±0.2 / ±267,159)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

2,085 ±226 Number of households
  • Craighead County: 44,437 ±650
  • Arkansas: 1,205,987 ±4,874
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.6 ±0.3 (5,348  ±392) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Craighead County: 2.5 109,911 (±0 / ±33)
  • 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

9.4% ±7.3% (121  ±95) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • nearly double the rate in Craighead County: 5.2% † 1,522 (±1% / ±299)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Arkansas: 5.6% 39,177 (±0.2% / ±1,481)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

2,421 ±241 Number of housing units
  • Craighead County: 48,885 ±52
  • Arkansas: 1,394,673 ±514
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$173,400 ±$15,612 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Craighead County: $210,400 ±$6,913
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Arkansas: $188,000 ±$1,754
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

7.5% ±3.4% (393  ±183) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Craighead County: 17.1% 19,169 (±1.7% / ±1,871.1)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Arkansas: 12.6% 380,835 (±0.3% / ±8,207.5)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

91.7% ±8.3% (3,263  ±414.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Craighead County: 90.2% 65,439 (±3% / ±2,157.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in Arkansas: 88.7% 1,827,162 (±0.5% / ±10,760.7)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
22.2% ±5.6% (791  ±210.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Craighead County: 29.7% 21,539 (±1.8% / ±1,323.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Arkansas: 25.7% 529,858 (±0.3% / ±5,926.8)
  • about three-fifths 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

N/A Foreign-born population

11% ±3.9% (414  ±151) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Craighead County: 6.3% † 5,325 (±0.6% / ±539)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Arkansas: 7.4% 173,377 (±0.1% / ±2,373)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
414 Total veterans ±151 395 Male ±148 19 Female ±22

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