Scotch Cap township, Perkins County, South Dakota (SD) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 50 (53% naturalized citizens)
| Scotch Cap township: | 50.0% |
| Whole state: | 1.8% |
58% of Scotch Cap township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 31% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 84% lived in South Dakota.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1273
- Northeast: 34
- Midwest: 212
- South: 79
- West: 27
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $45,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.7%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,055
- One, attached: 2
- Two: 2
- Mobile homes: 471
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 99
Median worth of mobile homes: $37,300
Housing units in Scotch Cap township with a mortgage: 140 (9 second mortgage, 21 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 141
- Construction (11%)
- Public administration (10%)
- Transportation equipment (10%)
- Repair and maintenance (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (6%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Health care (17%)
- Accommodation and food services (10%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Food and beverage stores (7%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Transportation equipment (6%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (7%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (7%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (8%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (7%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (6%)
- Supervisors and other personal care and service workers except personal appearance, transportation, and child care workers (6%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (5%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Scotch Cap township:
- German (25.1%)
- United States or American (16.8%)
- English (11.7%)
- Polish (8.0%)
- Irish (7.6%)
- Dutch (5.5%)
- French (except Basque) (4.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Canada (29%)
- United Kingdom (24%)
- France (18%)
- Germany (18%)
- Romania (12%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 431 (69%)
- Carpooled: 128 (20%)
- Walked: 12 (2%)
- Other means: 2 (0%)
- Worked at home: 53 (8%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (75%)
- Wood (11%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (10%)
- Electricity (3%)
- Utility gas (1%)
97.5% of residents of Scotch Cap township speak English at home.
0.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (50% speak English very well, 25% speak English well, 25% speak English not well).
1.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (62% speak English very well, 27% speak English well, 12% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,651- In family households: 1,418 (383 male householders, 94 female householders)
404 spouses, 437 children (401 natural, 6 adopted, 30 stepchildren), 25 grandchildren, 2 brothers or sisters, 8 parents, 18 other relatives, 47 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 233 (134 male householders (116 living alone)), 54 female householders (42 living alone)), 45 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 249 2-persons, 93 3-persons, 83 4-persons, 35 5-persons, 11 6-persons, 6 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 158 1-person, 27 2-persons, 1 5-persons, 2 7-or-more-persons,
5 married couples with children.
0 single-parent households (0 men, 0 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 10
| Here: | 5.5% |
| South Dakota: | 8.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 4
| Here: | 3.3% |
| South Dakota: | 5.6% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| South Dakota: | 17.8% |