Prairie township, Phelps County, Nebraska (NE) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Prairie township: | 0.5% |
| Whole state: | 4.4% |
54% of Prairie township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 68% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 96% lived in Nebraska.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 306
- Northeast: 16
- Midwest: 43
- South: 3
- West: 6
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.9%
No gay or lesbian households reported
110 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 98
- 10 to 19: 10
- Mobile homes: 3
Median worth of mobile homes: $22,500
Housing units in Prairie township with a mortgage: 30 (4 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 30
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (38%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (7%)
- Pharmacies and drug stores (7%)
- Construction (6%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Printing and related support activities (3%)
- Sporting goods, camera, and hobby and toy stores (3%)
- Educational services (23%)
- Finance and insurance (17%)
- Health care (13%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
- Textile mills and textile products (4%)
- Farmers and farm managers (29%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Other health diagnosing and treating practitioners and technical occupations (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (21%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (11%)
- Postsecondary teachers (6%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Top executives (4%)
- Accountants and auditors (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Prairie township:
- Swedish (35.1%)
- German (18.5%)
- English (14.6%)
- Irish (9.9%)
- Dutch (5.0%)
- Norwegian (2.6%)
- Danish (1.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Yugoslavia (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 125 (84%)
- Carpooled: 15 (10%)
- Worked at home: 8 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (69%)
- Electricity (23%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (6%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)
110 people in nursing homes
98.9% of residents of Prairie township speak English at home.
1.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 267- In family households: 246 (79 male householders, 9 female householders)
77 spouses, 77 children (69 natural, 2 adopted, 6 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 4 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 21 (11 male householders (8 living alone)), 6 female householders (6 living alone)), 4 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 109 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 48 2-persons, 16 3-persons, 11 4-persons, 11 5-persons, 2 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 14 1-person, 3 2-persons,
58 married couples with children.
6 single-parent households (3 men, 3 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 2
| Here: | 5.9% |
| Nebraska: | 14.6% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 1
| Here: | 4.2% |
| Nebraska: | 10.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Nebraska: | 20.0% |