Alcester township, Union County, South Dakota (SD) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Alcester township: | 0.6% |
| Whole state: | 1.8% |
82% of Alcester township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 59% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 45% lived in South Dakota.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 397
- Northeast: 13
- Midwest: 12
- South: 170
- West: 7
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 0.9%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 210
- Mobile homes: 70
Median worth of mobile homes: $29,200
Housing units in Alcester township with a mortgage: 14 (0 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 31
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (23%)
- Construction (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Machinery (5%)
- Computer and electronic products (5%)
- Machinery, equipment, and supplies merchant wholesalers (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Health care (26%)
- Educational services (18%)
- Apparel (11%)
- Food and beverage stores (11%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Computer and electronic products (4%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (4%)
- Farmers and farm managers (18%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (4%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (11%)
- Registered nurses (9%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (9%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Counselors, social workers, and other community and social service specialists (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Alcester township:
- English (20.9%)
- German (16.5%)
- United States or American (14.8%)
- Irish (12.5%)
- Italian (6.7%)
- Swedish (6.4%)
- Scotch-Irish (4.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Italy (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 137 (77%)
- Carpooled: 29 (16%)
- Walked: 2 (1%)
- Other means: 2 (1%)
- Worked at home: 9 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (74%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (10%)
- Wood (7%)
- Electricity (6%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (3%)
97.2% of residents of Alcester township speak English at home.
0.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (50% speak English very well, 50% speak English not well).
2.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 601- In family households: 525 (146 male householders, 24 female householders)
117 spouses, 208 children (198 natural, 2 adopted, 8 stepchildren), 6 grandchildren, 3 brothers or sisters, 4 parents, 3 other relatives, 14 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 76 (40 male householders (35 living alone)), 29 female householders (27 living alone)), 7 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 71 2-persons, 29 3-persons, 50 4-persons, 10 5-persons, 5 6-persons, 5 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 62 1-person, 7 2-persons,
87 married couples with children.
11 single-parent households (9 men, 2 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 3
| Here: | 4.9% |
| South Dakota: | 8.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 3
| Here: | 7.0% |
| South Dakota: | 5.6% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 6
| Here: | 66.7% |
| South Dakota: | 17.8% |