Ord township, Valley County, Nebraska (NE) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (46% naturalized citizens)
| Ord township: | 1.0% |
| Whole state: | 4.4% |
63% of Ord township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 49% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 80% lived in Nebraska.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2215
- Northeast: 30
- Midwest: 156
- South: 64
- West: 91
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $14,700
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.2%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
People in group quarters in Ord township, Nebraska:
- 66 people in nursing homes
- 15 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 4 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,058
- One, attached: 16
- Two: 23
- 3 or 4: 45
- 5 to 9: 23
- 10 to 19: 24
- 20 to 49: 25
- 50 or more: 4
- Mobile homes: 60
Median worth of mobile homes: $13,600
Housing units in Ord township with a mortgage: 331 (21 second mortgage, 19 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 381
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (16%)
- Construction (12%)
- Utilities (9%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Health care (6%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Truck transportation (4%)
- Health care (25%)
- Educational services (16%)
- Food and beverage stores (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Social assistance (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (9%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (7%)
- Farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (3%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (8%)
- Cashiers (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Ord township:
- German (32.4%)
- Czech (14.9%)
- Polish (10.8%)
- Irish (7.5%)
- United States or American (7.2%)
- English (7.1%)
- Danish (4.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (50%)
- Germany (31%)
- Japan (19%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 978 (79%)
- Carpooled: 100 (8%)
- Walked: 73 (6%)
- Other means: 8 (1%)
- Worked at home: 76 (6%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (65%)
- Electricity (27%)
- Wood (5%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (3%)
People in group quarters in Ord township, Nebraska:
- 66 people in nursing homes
- 15 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 4 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
96.2% of residents of Ord township speak English at home.
0.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (82% speak English very well, 18% speak English not well).
2.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (69% speak English very well, 25% speak English well, 6% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,507- In family households: 2,056 (578 male householders, 132 female householders)
603 spouses, 696 children (632 natural, 23 adopted, 41 stepchildren), 5 grandchildren, 10 brothers or sisters, 3 parents, 2 other relatives, 27 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 451 (169 male householders (146 living alone)), 248 female householders (236 living alone)), 34 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 86 (72 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 372 2-persons, 152 3-persons, 109 4-persons, 58 5-persons, 19 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 382 1-person, 31 2-persons, 4 3-persons,
451 married couples with children.
132 single-parent households (21 men, 111 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 22
| Here: | 7.7% |
| Nebraska: | 14.6% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 4
| Here: | 2.2% |
| Nebraska: | 10.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 12
| Here: | 26.1% |
| Nebraska: | 20.0% |