Collins township, Buffalo County, Nebraska (NE) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 5 (53% naturalized citizens)
| Collins township: | 4.7% |
| Whole state: | 4.4% |
47% of Collins township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 44% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 75% lived in Nebraska.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1207
- Northeast: 18
- Midwest: 190
- South: 77
- West: 87
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $875,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.6%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.4% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
218 people in training schools for juvenile delinquents
8 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 402
- 3 or 4: 5
- Mobile homes: 107
Median worth of mobile homes: $9,999
Housing units in Collins township with a mortgage: 167 (19 second mortgage, 7 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 53
- Construction (14%)
- Repair and maintenance (11%)
- Machinery (10%)
- Health care (7%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (5%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (4%)
- Educational services (24%)
- Food and beverage stores (9%)
- Health care (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (5%)
- Clothing and accessories, including shoe, stores (4%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (10%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Construction laborers (5%)
- Operations specialties managers except financial managers (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (11%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (9%)
- Postsecondary teachers (8%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Counselors, social workers, and other community and social service specialists (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Collins township:
- German (33.4%)
- Irish (11.4%)
- English (7.7%)
- Swedish (7.2%)
- United States or American (6.1%)
- French (except Basque) (2.5%)
- Norwegian (2.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- El Salvador (59%)
- Iran (23%)
- Mexico (11%)
- Germany (8%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 631 (83%)
- Carpooled: 55 (7%)
- Walked: 30 (4%)
- Other means: 1 (0%)
- Worked at home: 43 (6%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (60%)
- Electricity (34%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (3%)
- Wood (2%)
- Other fuel (1%)
218 people in training schools for juvenile delinquents
8 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
90.2% of residents of Collins township speak English at home.
6.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (53% speak English very well, 47% speak English well).
3.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (65% speak English very well, 35% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,420- In family households: 1,284 (383 male householders, 40 female householders)
382 spouses, 456 children (423 natural, 4 adopted, 29 stepchildren), 4 grandchildren, 9 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 3 other relatives, 7 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 136 (68 male householders (54 living alone)), 43 female householders (41 living alone)), 25 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 254 (246 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 199 2-persons, 85 3-persons, 77 4-persons, 47 5-persons, 15 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 95 1-person, 5 2-persons, 9 3-persons, 2 4-persons,
319 married couples with children.
65 single-parent households (17 men, 48 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 17
| Here: | 7.1% |
| Nebraska: | 14.6% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 11
| Here: | 3.3% |
| Nebraska: | 10.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Nebraska: | 20.0% |