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Big Lake township, Mississippi County, AR

4,375 Population
73.5 square miles 59.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.9 ±9.8 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Mississippi County: 37.3 ±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

$40,902 ±$8,461 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Mississippi County: $30,368 ±$1,756
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Arkansas: $34,225 ±$328
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$57,536 ±$12,547 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Mississippi County: $52,548 ±$4,766
  • a little less than the amount in Arkansas: $60,773 ±$467
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

11.2% ±5.8% (483  ±252) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Mississippi County: 21.1% † 8,071 (±2.3% / ±876)
  • 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)

25.4 minutes ±3.3 (49,515  ±9,515) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Mississippi County: 19.8 313,290 (±1.3 / ±24,349)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Arkansas: 22.5 27,222,660 (±0.2 / ±267,159)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,635 ±299 Number of households
  • Mississippi County: 15,452 ±425
  • Arkansas: 1,205,987 ±4,874
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.6 ±0.5 (4,315  ±253) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Mississippi County: 2.5 38,339 (±0.1 / ±17)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Arkansas: 2.5 2,966,574
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

17% ±15% (124  ±115) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Mississippi County: 5.5% † 491 (±2.1% / ±189)
  • more than double the rate in Arkansas: 5.6% 39,177 (±0.2% / ±1,481)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,957 ±347 Number of housing units
  • Mississippi County: 19,133 ±37
  • Arkansas: 1,394,673 ±514
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$170,500 ±$54,487 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Mississippi County: $122,500 ±$8,206
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Arkansas: $188,000 ±$1,754
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

7.8% ±4.5% (330  ±189.1) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Mississippi County: 15% † 5,789 (±2.4% / ±937)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Arkansas: 12.6% 380,835 (±0.3% / ±8,207.5)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

85.7% ±9.2% (2,644  ±387.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Mississippi County: 85.9% 22,000 (±3.8% / ±981.5)
  • 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)
13.3% ±5.9% (410  ±185.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Mississippi County: 13.7% † 3,508 (±1.8% / ±469.1)
  • about half the rate in Arkansas: 25.7% 529,858 (±0.3% / ±5,926.8)
  • about two-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

1% ±1.7% (43  ±74) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Mississippi County: 2.5% 979
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Arkansas: 5.4% 165,740
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.6% ±3.2% (177  ±104) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Mississippi County: 5.2% † 1,518 (±1% / ±286)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Arkansas: 7.4% 173,377 (±0.1% / ±2,373)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
177 Total veterans ±104 163 Male ±104 14 Female ±26

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