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Prairie township, Washington County, AR

4,589 Population
27.8 square miles 164.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.1 ±4.7 Median age
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Washington County: 32.5 ±0.2
  • about 20 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

$60,252 ±$7,643 Per capita income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Washington County: $38,150 ±$1,169
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Arkansas: $34,225 ±$328
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$109,028 ±$25,813 Median household income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Washington County: $70,639 ±$2,107
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Arkansas: $60,773 ±$467
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

6.6% ±3.5% (302  ±168) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Washington County: 14.6% 36,096 (±1% / ±2,419)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Arkansas: 16% 473,903 (±0.3% / ±7,279)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

23.2 minutes ±8.4 (47,470  ±12,087) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Washington County: 20.9 2,352,415 (±0.3 / ±56,697)
  • a little higher than 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

1,777 ±276 Number of households
  • Washington County: 97,184 ±901
  • Arkansas: 1,205,987 ±4,874
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.6 ±0.1 (4,570  ±716) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Washington County: 2.6 248,035 (±0 / ±168)
  • 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

5.8% ±6.8% (61  ±74) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Washington County: 5.1% † 3,424 (±0.7% / ±478)
  • a little higher than the rate in Arkansas: 5.6% 39,177 (±0.2% / ±1,481)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,852 ±287 Number of housing units
  • Washington County: 105,461 ±83
  • Arkansas: 1,394,673 ±514
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$526,600 ±$77,628 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Washington County: $298,400 ±$6,386
  • more than double the amount in Arkansas: $188,000 ±$1,754
  • about 1.5 times the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

12.6% ±5.8% (572  ±276.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Washington County: 15.4% 38,965 (±1% / ±2,507.8)
  • about the same as the rate in Arkansas: 12.6% 380,835 (±0.3% / ±8,207.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

95.3% ±18.1% (3,196  ±426.8) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Washington County: 87.8% 139,038 (±2% / ±3,105.3)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Arkansas: 88.7% 1,827,162 (±0.5% / ±10,760.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
62.3% ±5.8% (2,090  ±342.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Washington County: 35.3% 55,816 (±1.2% / ±1,898.5)
  • more than double the rate in Arkansas: 25.7% 529,858 (±0.3% / ±5,926.8)
  • more than 1.5 times 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

4.6% ±5.2% (213  ±240) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Washington County: 12.4% 31,806
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Arkansas: 5.4% 165,740
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

11% ±3.8% (389  ±145) Population with veteran status
  • nearly double the rate in Washington County: 5.7% 11,230 (±0.4% / ±820)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Arkansas: 7.4% 173,377 (±0.1% / ±2,373)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
389 Total veterans ±145 312 Male ±128 77 Female ±71

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