Emerson township, Dixon County, Nebraska (NE) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (75% naturalized citizens)
| Emerson township: | 0.7% |
| Whole state: | 4.4% |
64% of Emerson township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 36% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 62% lived in Nebraska.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 384
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 152
- South: 9
- West: 29
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $37,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.3%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.5% of all households
- Gay men: 0.5% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 244
- Two: 2
- 3 or 4: 4
- Mobile homes: 5
Housing units in Emerson township with a mortgage: 55 (4 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 75
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (17%)
- Food (10%)
- Construction (8%)
- Metal and metal products (7%)
- Transportation equipment (6%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (5%)
- Truck transportation (4%)
- Health care (20%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Social assistance (8%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (7%)
- Food (6%)
- Food and beverage stores (6%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Farmers and farm managers (12%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (12%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (9%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (8%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Child care workers (7%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (6%)
- Cashiers (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (6%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Emerson township:
- German (57.7%)
- Swedish (6.9%)
- United States or American (6.7%)
- Irish (6.0%)
- Czech (5.2%)
- English (3.2%)
- Swiss (2.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (75%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 235 (77%)
- Carpooled: 29 (10%)
- Walked: 13 (4%)
- Other means: 2 (1%)
- Worked at home: 25 (8%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (72%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (19%)
- Electricity (5%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)
96.0% of residents of Emerson township speak English at home.
4.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (57% speak English very well, 24% speak English well, 19% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 580- In family households: 532 (143 male householders, 20 female householders)
142 spouses, 198 children (195 natural, 0 adopted, 3 stepchildren), 6 grandchildren, 9 brothers or sisters, 2 parents, 0 other relatives, 12 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 48 (16 male householders (12 living alone)), 26 female householders (26 living alone)), 6 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 65 2-persons, 32 3-persons, 39 4-persons, 24 5-persons, 3 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 38 1-person, 2 2-persons, 2 3-persons,
119 married couples with children.
21 single-parent households (5 men, 16 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 7
| Here: | 10.3% |
| Nebraska: | 14.6% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Nebraska: | 10.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 2
| Here: | 10.0% |
| Nebraska: | 20.0% |