Platte township, Butler County, Nebraska (NE) detailed profile
Land area: 17.2 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.1 sq. mi.
Population: 201 (all rural)
| Males: 104 |  (51.7%) |
| Females: 97 |  (48.3%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 201 (168 owner occupied, 33 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 16% |
| State: | 33% |
Races in Platte township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 98.5%
Median age of males: 37.1
Median age of females: 34.6
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Average household size: 2.48
| Platte township: | 2.5 people |
| Nebraska: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 3.10
| Platte township: | $50,021 |
| Nebraska: | $51,440 |
| Here: | $426 |
| State: | $574 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $102,842 (it was $65,400 in 2000)
| : | $102,842 |
| Nebraska: | $132,700 |
| Population density: 12 people per square mile | (low). |
| This township: | 10.3% |
| Whole state: | 9.7% |
| This township: | 1.0% |
| Whole state: | 4.0% |
Cities in this township include: Linwood.
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Cemetery: Dawson Cemetery (1). Display/hide its location on the map
Creek: Bone Creek (A). Display/hide its location on the map
65% of Platte township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 14% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 85% lived in Nebraska.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 191
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 3
- South: 5
- West: 9
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $22,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.2%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 1.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 93
- Mobile homes: 35
Median worth of mobile homes: $9,999
Housing units in Platte township with a mortgage: 16 (2 second mortgage, 2 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 20
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (28%)
- Food (20%)
- Machinery (9%)
- Truck transportation (9%)
- Paper (7%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (7%)
- Transportation equipment (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (15%)
- Food (8%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (8%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (7%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (5%)
- Other direct selling establishments (5%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (17%)
- Farmers and farm managers (15%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (15%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (13%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (9%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (7%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (12%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (10%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (8%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (7%)
- Child care workers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Platte township:
- Czech (39.1%)
- German (18.4%)
- United States or American (17.9%)
- English (8.9%)
- Swedish (4.5%)
- Irish (3.9%)
- Acadian/Cajun (1.1%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 85 (75%)
- Carpooled: 16 (14%)
- Walked: 3 (3%)
- Worked at home: 9 (8%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (74%)
- Electricity (17%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (8%)
97.5% of residents of Platte township speak English at home.
0.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
2.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (50% speak English very well, 50% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 208- In family households: 171 (47 male householders, 7 female householders)
54 spouses, 62 children (61 natural, 0 adopted, 1 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 1 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 37 (17 male householders (14 living alone)), 10 female householders (8 living alone)), 10 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 27 2-persons, 9 3-persons, 9 4-persons, 5 5-persons, 4 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 22 1-person, 2 2-persons, 1 3-persons, 2 4-persons,
45 married couples with children.
8 single-parent households (1 men, 7 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 1
| Here: | 4.0% |
| 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: 4
| Here: | 30.8% |
| Nebraska: | 20.0% |