Elyria township, Valley County, Nebraska (NE) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 968 (67% naturalized citizens)
| Elyria township: | 968.0% |
| Whole state: | 4.4% |
71% of Elyria township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 61% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 58% lived in Nebraska.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 15301
- Northeast: 3975
- Midwest: 459
- South: 520
- West: 213
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $240,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.4%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 6,523
- One, attached: 232
- Two: 816
- 3 or 4: 192
- 5 to 9: 120
- 10 to 19: 108
- 20 to 49: 253
- 50 or more: 310
- Mobile homes: 6
Median worth of mobile homes: $350,000
Housing units in Elyria township with a mortgage: 4,183 (495 second mortgage, 679 home equity loan, 28 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 2,053
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (48%)
- Construction (14%)
- Truck transportation (11%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (5%)
- Health care (5%)
- Chemicals (4%)
- Farm supplies merchant wholesalers (4%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (26%)
- Health care (14%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Public administration (8%)
- Pharmacies and drug stores (6%)
- Farm product raw materials merchant wholesalers (4%)
- Truck transportation (4%)
- Farmers and farm managers (34%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (18%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (14%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (11%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (4%)
- Other healthcare support occupations (4%)
- Farmers and farm managers (18%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (12%)
- Health technologists and technicians (10%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (8%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Elyria township:
- Italian (22.7%)
- Irish (18.5%)
- German (12.2%)
- Polish (8.8%)
- English (3.7%)
- United States or American (3.2%)
- Russian (2.9%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Italy (14%)
- Cuba (7%)
- United Kingdom (6%)
- Poland (6%)
- Philippines (5%)
- Portugal (4%)
- Germany (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 8,969 (78%)
- Carpooled: 618 (5%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 255 (2%)
- Streetcar or trolley car: 6 (0%)
- Subway or elevated: 53 (0%)
- Railroad: 968 (8%)
- Bicycle: 14 (0%)
- Walked: 162 (1%)
- Other means: 19 (0%)
- Worked at home: 407 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (67%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (28%)
- Electricity (4%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)
87.5% of residents of Elyria township speak English at home.
3.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (70% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 11% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
7.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (76% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 7% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
1.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (62% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 18% speak English not well).
0.7% of residents speak other language at home (86% speak English very well, 14% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 22,034- In family households: 19,764 (4,974 male householders, 1,392 female householders)
5,477 spouses, 7,027 children (6,660 natural, 244 adopted, 123 stepchildren), 171 grandchildren, 164 brothers or sisters, 151 parents, 266 other relatives, 142 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 2,270 (729 male householders (600 living alone)), 1,306 female householders (1,237 living alone)), 235 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 544 (329 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 2,622 2-persons, 1,452 3-persons, 1,473 4-persons, 611 5-persons, 192 6-persons, 16 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 1,837 1-person, 178 2-persons, 14 3-persons, 6 4-persons,
46 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): 228
| Here: | 9.4% |
| Nebraska: | 14.6% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 139
| Here: | 13.0% |
| Nebraska: | 10.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 222
| Here: | 27.5% |
| Nebraska: | 20.0% |