Washington township, Franklin County, Nebraska (NE) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 26 (55% naturalized citizens)
| Washington township: | 25.9% |
| Whole state: | 4.4% |
61% of Washington township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 38% 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: 4092
- Northeast: 80
- Midwest: 173
- South: 224
- West: 60
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $116,700
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 1.5%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,524
- One, attached: 27
- Two: 16
- 3 or 4: 33
- 5 to 9: 15
- 20 to 49: 32
- Mobile homes: 118
Median worth of mobile homes: $106,500
Housing units in Washington township with a mortgage: 724 (56 second mortgage, 80 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 228
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (22%)
- Construction (20%)
- Truck transportation (20%)
- U. S. Postal service (7%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (7%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Transportation equipment (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (18%)
- Health care (14%)
- Farm product raw materials merchant wholesalers (11%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (7%)
- Transportation equipment (7%)
- Used merchandise, gift, novelty, and souvenir, and other miscellaneous stores (7%)
- U. S. Postal service (7%)
- Farmers and farm managers (22%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (20%)
- Construction laborers (9%)
- Other financial specialists (7%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (7%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (7%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (7%)
- Food and beverage serving workers except waiters/waitresses (18%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (14%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (11%)
- Top executives (7%)
- Farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Other financial specialists (7%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Washington township:
- German (22.2%)
- United States or American (14.1%)
- English (12.4%)
- Irish (11.6%)
- Polish (7.1%)
- French (except Basque) (4.7%)
- Hungarian (2.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (37%)
- Netherlands (16%)
- Russia (13%)
- Canada (13%)
- Japan (11%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (5%)
- Philippines (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,718 (83%)
- Carpooled: 227 (11%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 13 (1%)
- Motorcycle: 3 (0%)
- Walked: 27 (1%)
- Other means: 10 (0%)
- Worked at home: 60 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (51%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (32%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (9%)
- Electricity (6%)
- Wood (2%)
95.9% of residents of Washington township speak English at home.
1.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (73% speak English very well, 26% speak English well, 2% speak English not well).
2.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (86% speak English very well, 10% speak English well, 4% speak English not well).
0.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (9% speak English very well, 59% speak English well, 32% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 4,635- In family households: 4,278 (1,094 male householders, 187 female householders)
1,102 spouses, 1,626 children (1,453 natural, 44 adopted, 129 stepchildren), 56 grandchildren, 27 brothers or sisters, 18 parents, 51 other relatives, 117 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 357 (145 male householders (114 living alone)), 160 female householders (141 living alone)), 52 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 53 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 440 2-persons, 302 3-persons, 329 4-persons, 152 5-persons, 34 6-persons, 24 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 255 1-person, 45 2-persons, 2 3-persons, 3 4-persons,
21 married couples with children.
5 single-parent households (3 men, 2 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 62
| Here: | 9.4% |
| Nebraska: | 14.6% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 7
| Here: | 2.3% |
| Nebraska: | 10.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 28
| Here: | 15.6% |
| Nebraska: | 20.0% |