Newcastle township, Dixon County, Nebraska (NE) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (25% naturalized citizens)
| Newcastle township: | 1.7% |
| Whole state: | 4.4% |
76% of Newcastle township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 35% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 35% lived in Nebraska.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 183
- Northeast: 12
- Midwest: 216
- South: 8
- West: 35
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $45,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.0%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 179
- One, attached: 2
- 3 or 4: 7
- 5 to 9: 4
- Mobile homes: 76
Median worth of mobile homes: $10,000
Housing units in Newcastle township with a mortgage: 56 (4 second mortgage, 4 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 59
- Transportation equipment (15%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (12%)
- Construction (11%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (6%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Food (5%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Finance and insurance (12%)
- Health care (9%)
- Public administration (9%)
- Food (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Farmers and farm managers (10%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Food and beverage serving workers except waiters/waitresses (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (12%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (5%)
- Personal appearance workers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Newcastle township:
- German (49.5%)
- Irish (15.0%)
- United States or American (11.1%)
- Norwegian (7.4%)
- English (5.8%)
- Danish (2.1%)
- Czech (1.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Austria (50%)
- Germany (50%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 182 (73%)
- Carpooled: 37 (15%)
- Walked: 18 (7%)
- Other means: 2 (1%)
- Worked at home: 10 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (44%)
- Electricity (27%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (22%)
- Wood (6%)
- Utility gas (1%)
96.7% of residents of Newcastle township speak English at home.
1.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (71% speak English very well, 29% speak English not well).
1.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 470- In family households: 377 (99 male householders, 14 female householders)
104 spouses, 155 children (151 natural, 2 adopted, 2 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 3 parents, 2 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 93 (33 male householders (31 living alone)), 55 female householders (53 living alone)), 5 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 45 2-persons, 20 3-persons, 24 4-persons, 21 5-persons, 3 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 84 1-person, 4 2-persons,
119 married couples with children.
11 single-parent households (0 men, 11 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 2
| Here: | 2.6% |
| Nebraska: | 14.6% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 2
| Here: | 6.1% |
| Nebraska: | 10.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 3
| Here: | 27.3% |
| Nebraska: | 20.0% |