Sherman township, Brookings County, South Dakota (SD) detailed profile
Land area: 35.4 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 175 (all rural)
| Males: 90 |  (51.4%) |
| Females: 85 |  (48.6%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 175 (157 owner occupied, 18 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 10% |
| State: | 32% |
Races in Sherman township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 97.7%
- Two or more races: 0.6%
Median age of males: 35.3
Median age of females: 32.8
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Average household size: 3.02
| Sherman township: | 3.0 people |
| South Dakota: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 3.40
| Sherman township: | $47,141 |
| South Dakota: | $48,947 |
| Here: | $567 |
| State: | $529 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $154,080 (it was $84,800 in 2000)
| : | $154,080 |
| South Dakota: | $138,400 |
| Population density: 5 people per square mile | (very low). |
| This township: | 13.6% |
| Whole state: | 13.2% |
| This township: | 3.4% |
| Whole state: | 5.8% |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Cemetery: Fair View Cemetery (1). Display/hide its location on the map
86% of Sherman township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 80% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 100% lived in South Dakota.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 90
- Northeast: 4
- Midwest: 51
- South: 0
- West: 2
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.4%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 52
- Mobile homes: 2
Median worth of mobile homes: $45,000
Housing units in Sherman township with a mortgage: 4 (4 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 4
- Machinery (11%)
- Metal and metal products (10%)
- Construction (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Educational services (3%)
- Health care (18%)
- Accommodation and food services (10%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (10%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
- Cashiers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Sherman township:
- German (41.0%)
- Norwegian (23.8%)
- United States or American (10.7%)
- Finnish (7.4%)
- Danish (3.3%)
- Dutch (3.3%)
- English (3.3%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 51 (69%)
- Carpooled: 4 (5%)
- Worked at home: 19 (26%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (60%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (27%)
- Electricity (12%)
All residents speak only English at home
Household type by relationship:
Households: 147- In family households: 131 (34 male householders, 5 female householders)
35 spouses, 57 children (55 natural, 2 adopted, 0 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 16 (12 male householders (9 living alone)), 2 female householders (2 living alone)), 2 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 20 2-persons, 11 4-persons, 4 5-persons, 4 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 11 1-person, 3 2-persons,
60 married couples with children.
2 single-parent households (0 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% |