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Melton township, Jefferson County, AR

400 Population
24.9 square miles 16.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.3 ±11.7 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Jefferson County: 39.7 ±0.4
  • 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

$22,421 ±$9,801 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Jefferson County: $26,677 ±$1,299
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Arkansas: $34,225 ±$328
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$51,250 ±$9,462 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Jefferson County: $51,096 ±$3,068
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Arkansas: $60,773 ±$467
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

3.5% ±3.4% (14  ±15) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Jefferson County: 18.6% † 10,971 (±1.9% / ±1,105)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Arkansas: 16% 473,903 (±0.3% / ±7,279)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

22.7 minutes ±7.1 (3,295  ±2,325) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Jefferson County: 22.8 521,965 (±1.1 / ±31,699)
  • about the same as 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

134 ±61 Number of households
  • Jefferson County: 24,017 ±603
  • Arkansas: 1,205,987 ±4,874
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
3 ±0.2 (400  ±185) Persons per household
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Jefferson County: 2.5 59,175 (±0.1 / ±231)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Arkansas: 2.5 2,966,574
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

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

Housing

242 ±84 Number of housing units
  • Jefferson County: 30,679 ±106
  • Arkansas: 1,394,673 ±514
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

N/A Median value of owner-occupied housing units

2.8% ±7.6% (11  ±30.8) Moved since previous year
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Jefferson County: 12.8% † 8,258 (±1.6% / ±1,038.8)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Arkansas: 12.6% 380,835 (±0.3% / ±8,207.5)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

84.4% ±4.9% (217  ±84.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Jefferson County: 88.4% 39,266 (±3.1% / ±1,374)
  • 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)
24.5% ±13.8% (63  ±43) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Jefferson County: 20.1% 8,903 (±1.5% / ±646.2)
  • a little less than the rate in Arkansas: 25.7% 529,858 (±0.3% / ±5,926.8)
  • about two-thirds 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

8% ±7.7% (24  ±25) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Jefferson County: 6.9% † 3,483 (±0.8% / ±379)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Arkansas: 7.4% 173,377 (±0.1% / ±2,373)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
24 Total veterans ±25 13 Male ±16 11 Female ±19

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