Spencer township, Boyd County, Nebraska (NE) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Spencer township: | 0.8% |
| Whole state: | 4.4% |
78% of Spencer township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 62% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 78% lived in Nebraska.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 581
- Northeast: 3
- Midwest: 121
- South: 1
- West: 31
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $18,800
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.6%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 328
- One, attached: 3
- 3 or 4: 4
- Mobile homes: 30
Median worth of mobile homes: $30,000
Housing units in Spencer township with a mortgage: 51 (0 second mortgage, 2 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 141
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (32%)
- Truck transportation (16%)
- Construction (9%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Metal and metal products (4%)
- Health care (4%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (3%)
- Health care (18%)
- Educational services (18%)
- Food and beverage stores (10%)
- Social assistance (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (17%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (15%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (13%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (9%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (7%)
- Top executives (4%)
- Other food preparation and serving workers including supervisors (3%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (10%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (8%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (7%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Child care workers (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Spencer township:
- German (42.1%)
- Czech (13.4%)
- Swedish (8.9%)
- English (8.7%)
- Irish (6.6%)
- United States or American (6.5%)
- Czechoslovakian (2.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Sweden (33%)
- Germany (33%)
- Japan (33%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 251 (69%)
- Carpooled: 39 (11%)
- Walked: 30 (8%)
- Worked at home: 44 (12%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (36%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (34%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (20%)
- Wood (8%)
- Utility gas (1%)
96.0% of residents of Spencer township speak English at home.
2.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (40% speak English very well, 13% speak English well, 47% speak English not well).
1.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.6% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 743- In family households: 632 (171 male householders, 33 female householders)
180 spouses, 242 children (237 natural, 3 adopted, 2 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 2 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 2 other relatives, 2 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 111 (42 male householders (38 living alone)), 65 female householders (65 living alone)), 4 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 88 2-persons, 35 3-persons, 50 4-persons, 21 5-persons, 8 6-persons, 2 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 103 1-person, 4 2-persons,
176 married couples with children.
33 single-parent households (6 men, 27 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: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Nebraska: | 20.0% |