Emerson township, Harlan County, Nebraska (NE) detailed profile
Land area: 35.6 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.4 sq. mi.
Population: 307 (all rural)
| Males: 160 |  (52.1%) |
| Females: 147 |  (47.9%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 304 (247 owner occupied, 57 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 19% |
| State: | 33% |
Races in Emerson township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 97.4%
- Black: 0.3%
- Two or more races: 0.7%
Median age of males: 41.9
Median age of females: 42.8
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Average household size: 2.39
| Emerson township: | 2.4 people |
| Nebraska: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 3.04
| Emerson township: | $45,714 |
| Nebraska: | $51,440 |
| Here: | $364 |
| State: | $574 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $77,858 (it was $48,300 in 2000)
| : | $77,858 |
| Nebraska: | $132,700 |
| Population density: 9 people per square mile | (low). |
| This township: | 12.5% |
| Whole state: | 9.7% |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Cemetery: Oxford Cemetery (1). Display/hide its location on the map
Reservoirs: Drake Reservoir (A), Frear Reservoir (B), Murdock Reservoir (C), Crow Reservoir (D). Display/hide their locations on the map
Creeks: School Creek (A), Spring Creek (B), Foster Creek (C), Deep Creek (D). Display/hide their locations on the map
63% of Emerson township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 15% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 88% lived in Nebraska.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 312
- Northeast: 1
- Midwest: 21
- South: 0
- West: 36
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $32,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.3%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 1.6% of all households
3 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 143
- Mobile homes: 5
Median worth of mobile homes: $24,200
Housing units in Emerson township with a mortgage: 36 (0 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 44
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (33%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (11%)
- Motor vehicles, parts and supplies merchant wholesalers (10%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Construction (8%)
- Public administration (8%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (3%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (16%)
- Health care (14%)
- Farm supplies merchant wholesalers (11%)
- Social assistance (11%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (9%)
- Publishing, and motion picture and sound recording industries (6%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Farmers and farm managers (24%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (10%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Secondary school teachers (9%)
- Life and physical scientists (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (4%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (14%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (11%)
- Farmers and farm managers (9%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (7%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (7%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (6%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Emerson township:
- German (42.6%)
- United States or American (18.6%)
- Swedish (7.9%)
- Irish (6.5%)
- European (5.2%)
- Scotch-Irish (4.5%)
- Danish (3.4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 115 (73%)
- Carpooled: 15 (9%)
- Bicycle: 1 (1%)
- Walked: 10 (6%)
- Worked at home: 17 (11%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (79%)
- Electricity (11%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (7%)
- Wood (4%)
3 people in homes for the mentally retarded
All residents speak only English at home
Household type by relationship:
Households: 367- In family households: 307 (79 male householders, 10 female householders)
79 spouses, 133 children (120 natural, 8 adopted, 5 stepchildren), 5 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 1 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 60 (28 male householders (20 living alone)), 16 female householders (16 living alone)), 16 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 3 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 38 2-persons, 19 3-persons, 5 4-persons, 13 5-persons, 2 6-persons, 12 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 36 1-person, 2 2-persons, 6 4-persons,
68 married couples with children.
6 single-parent households (0 men, 6 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 11
| Here: | 15.7% |
| Nebraska: | 14.6% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 12
| Here: | 60.0% |
| Nebraska: | 10.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Nebraska: | 20.0% |