Thornton township, Buffalo County, Nebraska (NE) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (100% naturalized citizens)
Thornton township: | 1.1% |
Whole state: | 4.4% |
78% of Thornton township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 58% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 63% lived in Nebraska.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 159
- Northeast: 2
- Midwest: 10
- South: 6
- West: 6
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $45,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.8%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 1.4% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 67
- 20 to 49: 1
- Mobile homes: 5
Median worth of mobile homes: $55,000
Housing units in Thornton township with a mortgage: 8 (0 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 13
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (42%)
- Metal and metal products (11%)
- Construction (7%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (7%)
- Food (4%)
- Health and personal care, except drug, stores (4%)
- Utilities (4%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (32%)
- Educational services (16%)
- Health care (11%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (5%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (31%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Life and physical scientists (7%)
- Other protective service workers including supervisors (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Engineers (4%)
- Farmers and farm managers (23%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (16%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (9%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (9%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Child care workers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Thornton township:
- German (55.9%)
- United States or American (7.0%)
- Czech (6.3%)
- English (6.3%)
- Swedish (6.3%)
- Danish (4.2%)
- Norwegian (2.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Philippines (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 69 (71%)
- Carpooled: 3 (3%)
- Walked: 3 (3%)
- Worked at home: 22 (23%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (39%)
- Utility gas (36%)
- Electricity (21%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (4%)
94.1% of residents of Thornton township speak English at home.
0.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English well).
1.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
2.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (50% speak English very well, 50% speak English not well).
1.8% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 185- In family households: 170 (50 male householders, 5 female householders)
55 spouses, 55 children (52 natural, 1 adopted, 2 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 3 other relatives, 2 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 15 (4 male householders (4 living alone)), 7 female householders (5 living alone)), 4 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 28 2-persons, 9 3-persons, 8 4-persons, 8 5-persons, 2 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 9 1-person, 2 2-persons,
40 married couples with children.
5 single-parent households (1 men, 4 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 2
Here: | 7.4% |
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% |