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Prairie township, Searcy County, AR

513 Population
39.8 square miles 12.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.4 ±6.6 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Searcy County: 47.9 ±0.9
  • 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

$21,823 ±$12,760 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Searcy County: $26,694 † ±$3,141
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Arkansas: $34,225 ±$328
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$41,406 ±$13,541 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Searcy County: $44,426 † ±$5,883
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Arkansas: $60,773 ±$467
  • about half the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

41.5% ±30.6% (213  ±187) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in Searcy County: 23% † 1,785 (±4.5% / ±350)
  • more than double the rate in Arkansas: 16% 473,903 (±0.3% / ±7,279)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

43.8 minutes ±11.8 (6,925  ±4,536) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Searcy County: 30.4 84,380 (±2.5 / ±9,680)
  • about double the figure in Arkansas: 22.5 27,222,660 (±0.2 / ±267,159)
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

198 ±96 Number of households
  • Searcy County: 3,197 ±204
  • Arkansas: 1,205,987 ±4,874
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.6 ±1.8 (513  ±244) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Searcy County: 2.4 7,781 (±0.2 / ±26)
  • a little higher than the figure in Arkansas: 2.5 2,966,574
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

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

Housing

234 ±98 Number of housing units
  • Searcy County: 4,721 ±21
  • Arkansas: 1,394,673 ±514
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$160,700 ±$117,942 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Searcy County: $110,000 † ±$15,688
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Arkansas: $188,000 ±$1,754
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

0.8% ±3.7% (4  ±19.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Searcy County: 9.8% † 758 (±2.8% / ±219.8)
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Arkansas: 12.6% 380,835 (±0.3% / ±8,207.5)
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

75.6% ±44.7% (257  ±99.3) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Searcy County: 82.9% 4,786 (±6.4% / ±368.4)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Arkansas: 88.7% 1,827,162 (±0.5% / ±10,760.7)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
13.5% ±13.2% (46  ±49.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Searcy County: 15% † 866 (±3.2% / ±184.3)
  • 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

N/A Foreign-born population

6.6% ±7.1% (25  ±29) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Searcy County: 8.3% † 521 (±2.1% / ±129)
  • about 90 percent of 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)
25 Total veterans ±29 19 Male ±19 6 Female ±12

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