Wakefield township, Dixon County, Nebraska (NE) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 13 (22% naturalized citizens)
| Wakefield township: | 12.9% |
| Whole state: | 4.4% |
60% of Wakefield 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, 43% lived in Nebraska.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 907
- Northeast: 6
- Midwest: 154
- South: 63
- West: 94
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $55,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.5%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
59 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 434
- One, attached: 14
- Two: 16
- 3 or 4: 20
- 5 to 9: 33
- 10 to 19: 11
- Mobile homes: 25
Median worth of mobile homes: $16,700
Housing units in Wakefield township with a mortgage: 159 (8 second mortgage, 14 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 151
- Food (35%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (15%)
- Groceries and related products merchant wholesalers (6%)
- Construction (5%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Truck transportation (4%)
- Wood products (4%)
- Food (27%)
- Educational services (16%)
- Health care (11%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Food and beverage stores (3%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (3%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (11%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (10%)
- Farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (14%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (6%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Wakefield township:
- German (38.1%)
- Swedish (15.4%)
- Irish (4.6%)
- United States or American (4.2%)
- Norwegian (3.3%)
- English (2.0%)
- Czech (1.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (77%)
- Guatemala (17%)
- Honduras (3%)
- Vietnam (3%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 465 (70%)
- Carpooled: 116 (17%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 2 (0%)
- Walked: 56 (8%)
- Other means: 2 (0%)
- Worked at home: 28 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (75%)
- Electricity (10%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (9%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (5%)
59 people in nursing homes
78.8% of residents of Wakefield township speak English at home.
19.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (37% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 26% speak English not well, 20% don't speak English at all).
0.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
1.0% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (62% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 23% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,357- In family households: 1,126 (257 male householders, 78 female householders)
280 spouses, 413 children (398 natural, 6 adopted, 9 stepchildren), 29 grandchildren, 15 brothers or sisters, 7 parents, 29 other relatives, 18 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 231 (94 male householders (71 living alone)), 103 female householders (103 living alone)), 34 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 59 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 150 2-persons, 66 3-persons, 37 4-persons, 48 5-persons, 25 6-persons, 9 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 174 1-person, 13 2-persons, 7 3-persons, 3 4-persons,
283 married couples with children.
81 single-parent households (13 men, 68 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 10
| Here: | 5.0% |
| Nebraska: | 14.6% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 3
| Here: | 2.9% |
| Nebraska: | 10.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 2
| Here: | 5.9% |
| Nebraska: | 20.0% |