Elk township, Saunders County, Nebraska (NE) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (0% naturalized citizens)
| Elk township: | 1.7% |
| Whole state: | 4.4% |
84% of Elk township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 31% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 100% lived in Nebraska.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 271
- Northeast: 2
- Midwest: 18
- South: 3
- West: 4
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $30,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 0.9%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 114
- Mobile homes: 2
Median worth of mobile homes: $85,000
Housing units in Elk township with a mortgage: 21 (0 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 12
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (38%)
- Construction (18%)
- Transportation equipment (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (4%)
- Plastics and rubber products (3%)
- Machinery (3%)
- Health care (20%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (11%)
- Food (11%)
- Finance and insurance (11%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (6%)
- Farmers and farm managers (36%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (7%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (7%)
- Carpenters (6%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (4%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (15%)
- Farmers and farm managers (11%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Registered nurses (7%)
- Waiters and waitresses (7%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Elk township:
- Czech (62.3%)
- German (14.3%)
- Czechoslovakian (8.8%)
- Irish (4.4%)
- United States or American (2.9%)
- English (1.5%)
- Polish (1.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Colombia (80%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 82 (57%)
- Carpooled: 25 (17%)
- Worked at home: 37 (26%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (61%)
- Electricity (21%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (17%)
- Wood (2%)
88.3% of residents of Elk township speak English at home.
1.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
9.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (67% speak English very well, 33% speak English well).
0.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 303- In family households: 283 (85 male householders, 4 female householders)
77 spouses, 117 children (113 natural, 2 adopted, 2 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 20 (11 male householders (10 living alone)), 8 female householders (8 living alone)), 1 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 33 2-persons, 21 3-persons, 14 4-persons, 14 5-persons, 5 6-persons, 2 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 18 1-person, 1 2-persons,
87 married couples with children.
4 single-parent households (2 men, 2 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 13
| Here: | 28.9% |
| Nebraska: | 14.6% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 13
| Here: | 52.0% |
| Nebraska: | 10.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Nebraska: | 20.0% |