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Water Creek township, Hempstead County, AR

584 Population
26.5 square miles 22.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

52.6 ±4.6 Median age
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Hempstead County: 41.2 ±0.7
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Arkansas: 38.5 ±0.2
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$19,760 ±$5,149 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Hempstead County: $28,673 † ±$4,709
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Arkansas: $34,225 ±$328
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$51,100 ±$22,003 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Hempstead County: $46,787 ±$3,777
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Arkansas: $60,773 ±$467
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

24.3% ±12.2% (142  ±97) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Hempstead County: 20.2% † 3,889 (±2.9% / ±553)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Arkansas: 16% 473,903 (±0.3% / ±7,279)
  • about double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

29.7 minutes ±32.4 (5,205  ±3,959) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Hempstead County: 21.2 147,630 (±1.7 / ±15,823)
  • 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

282 ±120 Number of households
  • Hempstead County: 7,479 ±306
  • Arkansas: 1,205,987 ±4,874
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.1 ±0.4 (584  ±270) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Hempstead County: 2.6 19,186 (±0.1 / ±7)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Arkansas: 2.5 2,966,574
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

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

Housing

317 ±134 Number of housing units
  • Hempstead County: 9,642 ±34
  • Arkansas: 1,394,673 ±514
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$204,300 ±$91,784 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • nearly double the amount in Hempstead County: $105,700 † ±$12,085
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Arkansas: $188,000 ±$1,754
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

1.7% ±4.8% (10  ±28.2) Moved since previous year
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Hempstead County: 9.8% † 1,899 (±2.5% / ±491.1)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Arkansas: 12.6% 380,835 (±0.3% / ±8,207.5)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

96.9% ±55% (495  ±175.8) High school grad or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Hempstead County: 82.4% 10,834 (±5% / ±676.9)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Arkansas: 88.7% 1,827,162 (±0.5% / ±10,760.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
17.6% ±13.9% (90  ±81.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Hempstead County: 16.3% † 2,148 (±2.4% / ±311.2)
  • 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

N/A Foreign-born population

8.4% ±7.6% (47  ±48) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Hempstead County: 5.2% † 753 (±1.3% / ±183)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Arkansas: 7.4% 173,377 (±0.1% / ±2,373)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
47 Total veterans ±48 47 Male ±48 N/A Female ±13

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