Lost Creek township, Platte County, Nebraska (NE) detailed profile
Land area: 36.0 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 570 (all rural)
| Males: 289 |  (50.7%) |
| Females: 281 |  (49.3%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 570 (483 owner occupied, 87 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 15% |
| State: | 33% |
Races in Lost Creek township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 97.4%
- Black: 0.2%
- Asian: 0.9%
- Two or more races: 0.9%
Median age of males: 37.4
Median age of females: 38.5
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Average household size: 2.66
| Lost Creek township: | 2.7 people |
| Nebraska: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 3.19
| Lost Creek township: | $52,038 |
| Nebraska: | $51,440 |
| Here: | $490 |
| State: | $574 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $119,637 (it was $80,000 in 2000)
| : | $119,637 |
| Nebraska: | $132,700 |
| Population density: 16 people per square mile | (low). |
| This township: | 7.6% |
| Whole state: | 9.7% |
| This township: | 1.5% |
| Whole state: | 4.0% |
Cities in this township include: Platte Center.
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Cemetery: Zion Cemetery (1). Display/hide its location on the map
Creeks: Lost Creek (A), Elm Creek (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
71% of Lost Creek township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 58% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 77% lived in Nebraska.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 527
- Northeast: 2
- Midwest: 34
- South: 12
- West: 23
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $27,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.2%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.5% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 214
- Two: 2
- 5 to 9: 2
- Mobile homes: 15
Median worth of mobile homes: $46,300
Housing units in Lost Creek township with a mortgage: 57 (6 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 68
- Construction (19%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (18%)
- Machinery (14%)
- Truck transportation (7%)
- Food (3%)
- Metal and metal products (3%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (3%)
- Educational services (14%)
- Health care (13%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (11%)
- Social assistance (6%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (17%)
- Farmers and farm managers (14%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (3%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (3%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (9%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (6%)
- Child care workers (4%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Lost Creek township:
- German (54.8%)
- Polish (14.0%)
- Czech (7.6%)
- Irish (7.0%)
- English (2.3%)
- Norwegian (2.3%)
- Dutch (1.9%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 245 (79%)
- Carpooled: 33 (11%)
- Walked: 8 (3%)
- Other means: 3 (1%)
- Worked at home: 23 (7%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (48%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (42%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (7%)
- Wood (2%)
- Utility gas (1%)
98.6% of residents of Lost Creek township speak English at home.
0.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
0.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 598- In family households: 522 (141 male householders, 19 female householders)
147 spouses, 185 children (169 natural, 5 adopted, 11 stepchildren), 8 grandchildren, 6 brothers or sisters, 4 parents, 0 other relatives, 12 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 76 (35 male householders (31 living alone)), 31 female householders (31 living alone)), 10 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 53 2-persons, 55 3-persons, 33 4-persons, 11 5-persons, 6 6-persons, 2 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 62 1-person, 2 2-persons, 2 5-persons,
137 married couples with children.
11 single-parent households (4 men, 7 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 10
| Here: | 13.7% |
| Nebraska: | 14.6% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 2
| Here: | 7.1% |
| Nebraska: | 10.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 3
| Here: | 16.7% |
| Nebraska: | 20.0% |