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Roane township, Lafayette County, AR

1,070 Population
162 square miles 6.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

49.9 ±7.5 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Lafayette County: 49 ±0.6
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Arkansas: 38.5 ±0.2
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$25,998 ±$5,174 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Lafayette County: $25,487 ±$2,525
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Arkansas: $34,225 ±$328
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$37,798 ±$18,482 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Lafayette County: $41,278 † ±$8,386
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Arkansas: $60,773 ±$467
  • about half the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

14.9% ±7.4% (159  ±86) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Lafayette County: 22.3% † 1,344 (±4.8% / ±289)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Arkansas: 16% 473,903 (±0.3% / ±7,279)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

37.8 minutes ±9 (15,635  ±6,317) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Lafayette County: 29.7 † 62,505 (±4 / ±9,752)
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in Arkansas: 22.5 27,222,660 (±0.2 / ±267,159)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

487 ±120 Number of households
  • Lafayette County: 2,622 ±183
  • Arkansas: 1,205,987 ±4,874
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.7 (1,070  ±227) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Lafayette County: 2.3 6,050 (±0.2 / ±18)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Arkansas: 2.5 2,966,574
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

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

Housing

586 ±129 Number of housing units
  • Lafayette County: 3,940 ±18
  • Arkansas: 1,394,673 ±514
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$69,600 ±$34,796 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Lafayette County: $81,000 † ±$13,584
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Arkansas: $188,000 ±$1,754
  • about one-fifth of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

3.6% ±3.5% (38  ±38) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Lafayette County: 6% † 363 (±2.3% / ±137.9)
  • 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

64.9% ±9.3% (532  ±130.5) High school grad or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Lafayette County: 81.5% 3,662 (±6% / ±271.9)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Arkansas: 88.7% 1,827,162 (±0.5% / ±10,760.7)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
8.2% ±5.9% (67  ±49.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Lafayette County: 9% † 405 (±2.6% / ±114.8)
  • about one-third of the rate in Arkansas: 25.7% 529,858 (±0.3% / ±5,926.8)
  • about one-quarter 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

5.8% ±3.5% (54  ±34) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Lafayette County: 8.8% † 443 (±2.2% / ±112)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Arkansas: 7.4% 173,377 (±0.1% / ±2,373)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
54 Total veterans ±34 50 Male ±32 4 Female ±7

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