Platte township, Dodge County, Nebraska (NE) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 4 (17% naturalized citizens)
Platte township: | 4.4% |
Whole state: | 4.4% |
62% of Platte township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 68% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 51% lived in Nebraska.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1718
- Northeast: 35
- Midwest: 259
- South: 71
- West: 141
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $450,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.5%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 863
- One, attached: 7
- Two: 10
- 3 or 4: 5
- Mobile homes: 327
Median worth of mobile homes: $15,400
Housing units in Platte township with a mortgage: 320 (34 second mortgage, 31 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 195
- Construction (13%)
- Food (10%)
- Metal and metal products (9%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (6%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Health care (23%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (8%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (7%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (12%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (7%)
- Other healthcare support occupations (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Platte township:
- German (48.3%)
- United States or American (5.8%)
- Irish (5.6%)
- Danish (4.8%)
- English (4.6%)
- Czech (4.1%)
- Dutch (3.3%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (84%)
- El Salvador (10%)
- Korea (6%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,012 (86%)
- Carpooled: 114 (10%)
- Bicycle: 4 (0%)
- Walked: 25 (2%)
- Worked at home: 26 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (41%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (28%)
- Electricity (25%)
- Wood (2%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)
- Other fuel (2%)
92.3% of residents of Platte township speak English at home.
6.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (36% speak English very well, 14% speak English well, 39% speak English not well, 11% don't speak English at all).
1.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,331- In family households: 2,017 (596 male householders, 104 female householders)
613 spouses, 585 children (535 natural, 19 adopted, 31 stepchildren), 11 grandchildren, 20 brothers or sisters, 10 parents, 38 other relatives, 40 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 314 (124 male householders (90 living alone)), 111 female householders (91 living alone)), 79 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 386 2-persons, 130 3-persons, 114 4-persons, 52 5-persons, 12 6-persons, 6 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 181 1-person, 43 2-persons, 2 3-persons, 1 4-persons, 8 5-persons,
364 married couples with children.
98 single-parent households (36 men, 62 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 39
Here: | 17.0% |
Nebraska: | 14.6% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 19
Here: | 15.6% |
Nebraska: | 10.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 5
Here: | 6.6% |
Nebraska: | 20.0% |