Wood River township, Hall County, Nebraska (NE) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 4 (8% naturalized citizens)
| Wood River township: | 4.4% |
| Whole state: | 4.4% |
64% of Wood River township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 60% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 68% lived in Nebraska.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1204
- Northeast: 15
- Midwest: 93
- South: 57
- West: 81
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $56,700
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.7%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
58 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 449
- One, attached: 17
- Two: 6
- 3 or 4: 26
- 5 to 9: 9
- 10 to 19: 3
- Mobile homes: 78
Median worth of mobile homes: $9,999
Housing units in Wood River township with a mortgage: 176 (17 second mortgage, 18 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 159
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (15%)
- Machinery (11%)
- Food (11%)
- Construction (10%)
- Truck transportation (6%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Health care (20%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Food and beverage stores (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Gasoline stations (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (12%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Food processing workers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (4%)
- Cashiers (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Wood River township:
- German (47.7%)
- English (6.8%)
- Irish (6.5%)
- Polish (6.3%)
- United States or American (5.2%)
- Swedish (2.8%)
- Danish (2.3%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 603 (83%)
- Carpooled: 59 (8%)
- Bicycle: 5 (1%)
- Walked: 7 (1%)
- Other means: 4 (1%)
- Worked at home: 46 (6%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (71%)
- Electricity (14%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (12%)
- Other fuel (2%)
- Wood (1%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
58 people in nursing homes
90.5% of residents of Wood River township speak English at home.
9.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (60% speak English very well, 10% speak English well, 16% speak English not well, 14% don't speak English at all).
0.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,463- In family households: 1,282 (347 male householders, 68 female householders)
369 spouses, 456 children (431 natural, 9 adopted, 16 stepchildren), 12 grandchildren, 7 brothers or sisters, 5 parents, 6 other relatives, 12 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 181 (70 male householders (51 living alone)), 85 female householders (85 living alone)), 26 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 57 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 187 2-persons, 100 3-persons, 68 4-persons, 41 5-persons, 15 6-persons, 4 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 136 1-person, 13 2-persons, 3 3-persons, 3 5-persons,
312 married couples with children.
67 single-parent households (24 men, 43 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 3
| Here: | 1.5% |
| 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: 2
| Here: | 7.1% |
| Nebraska: | 20.0% |