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Jefferson township, Newton County, AR

260 Population
80.3 square miles 3.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.8 ±38.9 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Newton County: 49.9 ±1.7
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Arkansas: 38.5 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$26,942 ±$7,009 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Newton County: $29,648 † ±$3,798
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Arkansas: $34,225 ±$328
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$53,594 ±$38,096 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Newton County: $48,986 † ±$5,252
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Arkansas: $60,773 ±$467
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

13.1% ±11.7% (34  ±37) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Newton County: 15.9% † 1,114 (±4.6% / ±320)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Arkansas: 16% 473,903 (±0.3% / ±7,279)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

N/A

Families

108 ±61 Number of households
  • Newton County: 3,179 ±179
  • Arkansas: 1,205,987 ±4,874
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.6 (260  ±161) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Newton County: 2.2 7,046 (±0.1 / ±16)
  • 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

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

Housing

116 ±60 Number of housing units
  • Newton County: 4,099 ±18
  • Arkansas: 1,394,673 ±514
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$157,600 ±$59,436 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Newton County: $169,300 ±$13,595
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Arkansas: $188,000 ±$1,754
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

5.4% ±12.2% (14  ±32.9) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Newton County: 9.9% † 695 (±4% / ±282.7)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Arkansas: 12.6% 380,835 (±0.3% / ±8,207.5)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

83.8% ±67.1% (165  ±89.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Newton County: 83.4% 4,312 (±6.9% / ±365.8)
  • a little less than the rate in Arkansas: 88.7% 1,827,162 (±0.5% / ±10,760.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
27.4% ±21.4% (54  ±52.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Newton County: 15.7% † 811 (±3.3% / ±172.1)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Arkansas: 25.7% 529,858 (±0.3% / ±5,926.8)
  • about three-quarters 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

7.1% ±8.1% (14  ±18) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Newton County: 11.4% † 660 (±2.8% / ±163)
  • a little less than the rate in Arkansas: 7.4% 173,377 (±0.1% / ±2,373)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
14 Total veterans ±18 14 Male ±18 N/A Female ±13

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