Melrose township, Grant County, South Dakota (SD) detailed profile
Land area: 47.8 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.1 sq. mi.
Population: 350 (all rural)
| Males: 198 |  (56.6%) |
| Females: 152 |  (43.4%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 350 (306 owner occupied, 44 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 13% |
| State: | 32% |
Races in Melrose township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 98.3%
- Asian: 1.1%
Median age of males: 38.6
Median age of females: 41.8
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Average household size: 2.87
| Melrose township: | 2.9 people |
| South Dakota: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 3.32
| Melrose township: | $48,355 |
| South Dakota: | $48,947 |
| Here: | $421 |
| State: | $529 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $105,054 (it was $60,500 in 2000)
| : | $105,054 |
| South Dakota: | $138,400 |
| Population density: 7 people per square mile | (very low). |
| This township: | 5.7% |
| Whole state: | 13.2% |
87% of Melrose township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 70% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 50% lived in South Dakota.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 148
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 127
- South: 0
- West: 6
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.5%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 87
- Mobile homes: 9
Median worth of mobile homes: $22,500
Housing units in Melrose township with a mortgage: 20 (0 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 11
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (36%)
- Food (13%)
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (11%)
- Accommodation and food services (11%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Petroleum and petroleum products merchant wholesalers (5%)
- Health care (48%)
- Hardware, plumbing and heating equipment, and supplies merchant wholesalers (11%)
- Pharmacies and drug stores (11%)
- Used merchandise, gift, novelty, and souvenir, and other miscellaneous stores (11%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (11%)
- Metal and metal products (9%)
- Farmers and farm managers (27%)
- Extraction workers (11%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (9%)
- Food processing workers (7%)
- Other financial specialists (6%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (21%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (14%)
- Advertising, marketing, promotions, public relations, and sales managers (11%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (11%)
- Business operations specialists (9%)
- Health technologists and technicians (9%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (9%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Melrose township:
- German (63.2%)
- Norwegian (14.1%)
- Irish (12.4%)
- Dutch (6.0%)
- French (except Basque) (2.1%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 117 (74%)
- Carpooled: 19 (12%)
- Walked: 12 (8%)
- Worked at home: 10 (6%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (36%)
- Electricity (28%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (24%)
- Wood (6%)
- Utility gas (5%)
98.1% of residents of Melrose township speak English at home.
1.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 281- In family households: 265 (76 male householders, 6 female householders)
79 spouses, 99 children (90 natural, 4 adopted, 5 stepchildren), 5 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 16 (11 male householders (11 living alone)), 5 female householders (5 living alone)), 0 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 25 2-persons, 32 3-persons, 10 4-persons, 11 5-persons, 4 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 16 1-person,
95 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): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| South Dakota: | 8.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| South Dakota: | 5.6% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| South Dakota: | 17.8% |