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Whittington township, Garland County, AR

19,486 Population
162.8 square miles 119.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.7 ±2.7 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Garland County: 45.5 ±0.3
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Arkansas: 38.5 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$29,216 ±$2,056 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Garland County: $34,085 ±$1,294
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Arkansas: $34,225 ±$328
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$60,079 ±$4,904 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Garland County: $57,181 ±$2,452
  • about the same as the amount in Arkansas: $60,773 ±$467
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

18.1% ±4.5% (3,458  ±903) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Garland County: 15.8% 15,608 (±1.5% / ±1,482)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Arkansas: 16% 473,903 (±0.3% / ±7,279)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

23.2 minutes ±2.3 (162,705  ±23,235) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Garland County: 21.4 821,585 (±0.9 / ±39,572)
  • 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

7,828 ±624 Number of households
  • Garland County: 43,667 ±817
  • Arkansas: 1,205,987 ±4,874
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.3 (19,061  ±1,474) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Garland County: 2.3 98,356 (±0 / ±43)
  • about the same as the figure in Arkansas: 2.5 2,966,574
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

2.4% ±1.6% (97  ±66) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Garland County: 3.3% † 684 (±0.9% / ±191)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Arkansas: 5.6% 39,177 (±0.2% / ±1,481)
  • about half the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

9,185 ±575 Number of housing units
  • Garland County: 52,760 ±71
  • Arkansas: 1,394,673 ±514
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$162,300 ±$12,950 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Garland County: $194,300 ±$11,677
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Arkansas: $188,000 ±$1,754
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

7.1% ±2.3% (1,378  ±453.6) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Garland County: 10.7% † 10,650 (±1.6% / ±1,537)
  • 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

87.6% ±9.1% (12,531  ±920.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Garland County: 90.6% 66,264 (±2.6% / ±1,935.6)
  • about the same as 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)
17.7% ±2.2% (2,532  ±365.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Garland County: 25.3% 18,522 (±1.4% / ±1,033.5)
  • 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

3.9% ±1.7% (757  ±332) Foreign-born population
  • a little less than the rate in Garland County: 4% 3,998
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Arkansas: 5.4% 165,740
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

10.4% ±2.8% (1,615  ±449) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Garland County: 9.8% 7,875 (±0.9% / ±725)
  • about 1.4 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)
1,615 Total veterans ±449 1,568 Male ±445 47 Female ±34

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