Oconee township, Platte County, Nebraska (NE) detailed profile
Land area: 25.1 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.9 sq. mi.
Population: 491 (all rural)
Males: 244 | (49.7%) |
Females: 247 | (50.3%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 491 (411 owner occupied, 80 renter occupied)
% of renters here: | 16% |
State: | 33% |
Races in Oconee township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 98.2%
- Black: 0.2%
- Asian: 0.4%
- Two or more races: 0.2%
Median age of males: 38.1
Median age of females: 38.1
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Average household size: 2.42
Oconee township: | 2.4 people |
Nebraska: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 2.88
Oconee 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: 20 people per square mile | (low). |
This township: | 43.1% |
Whole state: | 9.7% |
This township: | 19.5% |
Whole state: | 4.0% |
Cities in this township include: Monroe.
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Notable location: Oconee (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Cemetery: Friends Cemetery (1). Display/hide its location on the map
Creek: Looking Glass Creek (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Park in Oconee township: Lookingglass Creek State Wildlife Management Area (1). Display/hide its location on the map
78% of Oconee township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 64% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 70% lived in Nebraska.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 295
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 12
- South: 0
- West: 6
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.0%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.5% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 115
- One, attached: 2
- Mobile homes: 8
Median worth of mobile homes: $51,700
Housing units in Oconee township with a mortgage: 11 (0 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 33
- Construction (34%)
- Transportation equipment (20%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (10%)
- Public administration (8%)
- Recyclable material merchant wholesalers (4%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (3%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (3%)
- Public administration (19%)
- Food and beverage stores (14%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (7%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (7%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (7%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Data processing, libraries, and other information services (6%)
- Construction laborers (11%)
- Farmers and farm managers (10%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (8%)
- Supervisors of construction and extraction workers (7%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (14%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (11%)
- Cashiers (10%)
- Drafters, engineering, and mapping technicians (8%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (8%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (7%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (6%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Oconee township:
- German (7.5%)
- Norwegian (5.7%)
- Czech (3.2%)
- French Canadian (1.1%)
- Scotch-Irish (1.1%)
- United States or American (1.1%)
- Swedish (0.7%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 48 (45%)
- Carpooled: 30 (28%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 4 (4%)
- Walked: 8 (8%)
- Other means: 10 (9%)
- Worked at home: 6 (6%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (39%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (38%)
- Wood (12%)
- Electricity (9%)
- Utility gas (3%)
94.6% of residents of Oconee township speak English at home.
5.4% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 313- In family households: 301 (51 male householders, 40 female householders)
39 spouses, 120 children (115 natural, 0 adopted, 5 stepchildren), 16 grandchildren, 2 brothers or sisters, 5 parents, 3 other relatives, 25 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 12 (5 male householders (2 living alone)), 4 female householders (4 living alone)), 3 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 38 2-persons, 21 3-persons, 15 4-persons, 11 5-persons, 6 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 6 1-person, 3 2-persons,
90 married couples with children.
23 single-parent households (3 men, 20 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 0
Here: | 0.0% |
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: 0
Here: | 0.0% |
Nebraska: | 20.0% |