Shelton township, Buffalo County, Nebraska (NE) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 6 (23% naturalized citizens)
| Shelton township: | 5.9% |
| Whole state: | 4.4% |
61% of Shelton township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 51% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 59% lived in Nebraska.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1031
- Northeast: 18
- Midwest: 121
- South: 75
- West: 113
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $53,300
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.8%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.4% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
4 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 479
- One, attached: 1
- Two: 8
- 3 or 4: 22
- 10 to 19: 4
- 20 to 49: 3
- Mobile homes: 60
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 2
Median worth of mobile homes: $26,000
Housing units in Shelton township with a mortgage: 187 (9 second mortgage, 11 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 143
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (15%)
- Food (15%)
- Construction (8%)
- Machinery (8%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Health care (15%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Machinery (8%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Food and beverage stores (6%)
- Food (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (9%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (3%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (9%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (4%)
- Child care workers (4%)
- Waiters and waitresses (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Shelton township:
- German (44.9%)
- English (8.5%)
- Irish (8.1%)
- United States or American (4.9%)
- Swedish (2.6%)
- Polish (2.2%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (75%)
- Chile (8%)
- El Salvador (6%)
- Ethiopia (3%)
- Guatemala (3%)
- Germany (2%)
- Costa Rica (2%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 564 (84%)
- Carpooled: 58 (9%)
- Bicycle: 2 (0%)
- Walked: 14 (2%)
- Other means: 2 (0%)
- Worked at home: 29 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (74%)
- Electricity (14%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (8%)
- Wood (2%)
- Other fuel (1%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
4 people in nursing homes
84.8% of residents of Shelton township speak English at home.
13.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (59% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 15% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
1.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (74% speak English very well, 26% speak English well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,442- In family households: 1,279 (352 male householders, 46 female householders)
333 spouses, 452 children (400 natural, 27 adopted, 25 stepchildren), 19 grandchildren, 5 brothers or sisters, 7 parents, 10 other relatives, 55 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 163 (54 male householders (47 living alone)), 91 female householders (88 living alone)), 18 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 4 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 187 2-persons, 58 3-persons, 88 4-persons, 50 5-persons, 12 6-persons, 3 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 135 1-person, 6 2-persons, 3 3-persons, 1 4-persons,
354 married couples with children.
71 single-parent households (25 men, 46 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 6
| Here: | 2.7% |
| Nebraska: | 14.6% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 5
| Here: | 5.4% |
| Nebraska: | 10.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Nebraska: | 20.0% |