Ponca township, Dixon County, Nebraska (NE) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Ponca township: | 1.1% |
| Whole state: | 4.4% |
88% of Ponca township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 57% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 21% lived in Nebraska.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 137
- Northeast: 2
- Midwest: 232
- South: 2
- West: 11
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $95,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 1.6%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.8% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 138
- Mobile homes: 4
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 3
Median worth of mobile homes: $35,000
Housing units in Ponca township with a mortgage: 29 (5 second mortgage, 2 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 22
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (26%)
- Construction (9%)
- Truck transportation (8%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Computer and electronic products (4%)
- Utilities (4%)
- Health care (17%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Finance and insurance (11%)
- Food (9%)
- Broadcasting, internet publishing, and telecommunications services (9%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (8%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Farmers and farm managers (22%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (8%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Construction laborers (5%)
- Computer specialists (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (12%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (7%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (7%)
- Communications equipment operators (6%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Ponca township:
- German (40.2%)
- Irish (20.3%)
- Norwegian (7.6%)
- English (5.5%)
- Swedish (5.5%)
- Scotch-Irish (4.5%)
- United States or American (4.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (50%)
- Germany (50%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 160 (79%)
- Carpooled: 18 (9%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 2 (1%)
- Walked: 1 (0%)
- Worked at home: 22 (11%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (38%)
- Electricity (34%)
- Utility gas (13%)
- Wood (11%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (3%)
97.3% of residents of Ponca township speak English at home.
1.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English not well).
1.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (67% speak English very well, 33% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 388- In family households: 361 (102 male householders, 4 female householders)
106 spouses, 148 children (141 natural, 7 adopted, 0 stepchildren), 1 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 27 (16 male householders (15 living alone)), 6 female householders (6 living alone)), 5 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 41 2-persons, 22 3-persons, 21 4-persons, 13 5-persons, 3 6-persons, 6 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 21 1-person, 1 4-persons,
100 married couples with children.
0 single-parent households (0 men, 0 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: 2
| Here: | 100.0% |
| Nebraska: | 20.0% |