Lake Sinai township, Brookings County, South Dakota (SD) detailed profile
Land area: 34.5 sq. mi.
Water area: 1.0 sq. mi.
Population: 187 (all rural)
Males: 111 | (59.4%) |
Females: 76 | (40.6%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 187 (163 owner occupied, 24 renter occupied)
% of renters here: | 13% |
State: | 32% |
Races in Lake Sinai township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 96.3%
Median age of males: 43.5
Median age of females: 47.0
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Average household size: 2.67
Lake Sinai township: | 2.7 people |
South Dakota: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 2.75
Lake Sinai township: | $47,141 |
South Dakota: | $48,947 |
Here: | $567 |
State: | $529 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $154,080 (it was $84,800 in 2000)
: | $154,080 |
South Dakota: | $138,400 |
Population density: 5 people per square mile | (very low). |
This township: | 1.2% |
Whole state: | 13.2% |
This township: | 1.2% |
Whole state: | 5.8% |
Cities in this township include: Sinai.
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Cemeteries: Sinai Cemetery (1), East Sinai Cemetery (2). Display/hide their locations on the map
Lakes: Lake Sinai (A), Bolstad Slough (B), Nelson Slough (C). Display/hide their locations on the map
71% of Lake Sinai township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 40% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 93% lived in South Dakota.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 137
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 27
- South: 0
- West: 7
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 7.1%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 1.4% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 66
- Mobile homes: 5
Median worth of mobile homes: $85,000
Housing units in Lake Sinai township with a mortgage: 1 (0 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 5
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (30%)
- Public administration (21%)
- Food (7%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
- Construction (5%)
- Wood products (5%)
- Hardware, plumbing and heating equipment, and supplies merchant wholesalers (5%)
- Educational services (38%)
- Computer and electronic products (11%)
- Warehousing and storage (8%)
- Health care (8%)
- Plastics and rubber products (5%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (5%)
- Sewing, needlework, and piece goods stores (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (30%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (21%)
- Life and physical scientists (7%)
- Electricians (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Entertainers and performers, sports, and related workers (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (16%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (11%)
- Accountants and auditors (8%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (8%)
- Other food preparation and serving workers including supervisors (8%)
- Business operations specialists (5%)
- Life, physical, and social science technicians (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Lake Sinai township:
- Norwegian (67.3%)
- Dutch (7.7%)
- Danish (7.1%)
- German (6.4%)
- Irish (3.2%)
- Czech (1.9%)
- European (1.9%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 50 (63%)
- Carpooled: 4 (5%)
- Worked at home: 26 (33%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (76%)
- Electricity (16%)
- Utility gas (4%)
All residents speak only English at home
Household type by relationship:
Households: 171- In family households: 164 (50 male householders, 4 female householders)
57 spouses, 50 children (48 natural, 2 adopted, 0 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 3 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 7 (3 male householders (0 living alone)), 0 female householders (0 living alone)), 4 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 32 2-persons, 8 3-persons, 8 4-persons, 5 5-persons, 1 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 3 2-persons,
36 married couples with children.
6 single-parent households (4 men, 2 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 0
Here: | 0.0% |
South Dakota: | 8.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 0
Here: | 0.0% |
South Dakota: | 5.6% |