Silver Creek township, Merrick County, Nebraska (NE) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Silver Creek township: | 0.3% |
| Whole state: | 4.4% |
71% of Silver Creek 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, 90% lived in Nebraska.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 550
- Northeast: 4
- Midwest: 43
- South: 12
- West: 9
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.3%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.7% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 244
- 3 or 4: 4
- 5 to 9: 3
- 10 to 19: 10
- Mobile homes: 46
Median worth of mobile homes: $18,800
Housing units in Silver Creek township with a mortgage: 67 (6 second mortgage, 6 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 94
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (21%)
- Construction (14%)
- Machinery (10%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (5%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (5%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (4%)
- Computer and electronic products (9%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (8%)
- Social assistance (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Health care (7%)
- Food and beverage stores (6%)
- Farmers and farm managers (13%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (11%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (10%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
- Other protective service workers including supervisors (5%)
- Child care workers (11%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (8%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
- Health technologists and technicians (4%)
- Other food preparation and serving workers including supervisors (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Silver Creek township:
- Polish (42.6%)
- German (22.4%)
- English (9.1%)
- United States or American (6.2%)
- Irish (4.1%)
- Swiss (3.1%)
- Swedish (2.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Philippines (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 231 (75%)
- Carpooled: 32 (10%)
- Walked: 21 (7%)
- Worked at home: 24 (8%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (51%)
- Electricity (40%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (3%)
- Utility gas (2%)
- Wood (2%)
- Other fuel (1%)
- No fuel used (1%)
93.1% of residents of Silver Creek township speak English at home.
0.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
5.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (80% speak English very well, 20% speak English well).
0.7% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (50% speak English very well, 50% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 622- In family households: 527 (157 male householders, 20 female householders)
153 spouses, 179 children (173 natural, 0 adopted, 6 stepchildren), 3 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 5 other relatives, 10 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 95 (34 male householders (27 living alone)), 52 female householders (50 living alone)), 9 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 99 2-persons, 30 3-persons, 23 4-persons, 17 5-persons, 8 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 77 1-person, 6 2-persons, 3 3-persons,
137 married couples with children.
28 single-parent households (9 men, 19 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): 2
| Here: | 6.3% |
| Nebraska: | 10.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 5
| Here: | 62.5% |
| Nebraska: | 20.0% |