Allen township, Beadle County, South Dakota (SD) detailed profile
Land area: 36.6 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 76 (all rural)
| Males: 39 |  (51.3%) |
| Females: 37 |  (48.7%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 76 (62 owner occupied, 14 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 18% |
| State: | 32% |
Races in Allen township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 100.0%
Median age of males: 44.5
Median age of females: 45.5
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Average household size: 2.62
| Allen township: | 2.6 people |
| South Dakota: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 2.96
| Allen township: | $41,729 |
| South Dakota: | $48,947 |
| Here: | $447 |
| State: | $529 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $91,465 (it was $57,500 in 2000)
| : | $91,465 |
| South Dakota: | $138,400 |
| Population density: 2 people per square mile | (very low). |
| This township: | 13.6% |
| Whole state: | 13.2% |
| This township: | 4.3% |
| Whole state: | 5.8% |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Church in Allen township: Assembly of God Church (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Lake: Fox Lake (A). Display/hide its location on the map
65% of Allen township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 49% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 73% lived in South Dakota.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 440
- Northeast: 29
- Midwest: 26
- South: 26
- West: 6
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.9%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 242
- One, attached: 4
- Mobile homes: 120
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 3
Median worth of mobile homes: $21,300
Housing units in Allen township with a mortgage: 30 (2 second mortgage, 5 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 57
- Construction (14%)
- Metal and metal products (12%)
- Truck transportation (11%)
- Machinery (9%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (9%)
- Petroleum and coal products (6%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (6%)
- Health care (36%)
- Educational services (15%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Other transportation, and support activities, and couriers (4%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (15%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (10%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (8%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (7%)
- Engineers (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (14%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (10%)
- Health technologists and technicians (7%)
- Operations specialties managers except financial managers (6%)
- Business operations specialists (5%)
- Food and beverage serving workers except waiters/waitresses (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Allen township:
- German (33.7%)
- English (14.0%)
- Irish (10.1%)
- United States or American (6.6%)
- Italian (6.3%)
- Scotch-Irish (4.4%)
- Polish (3.6%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 164 (84%)
- Carpooled: 17 (9%)
- Walked: 4 (2%)
- Other means: 6 (3%)
- Worked at home: 4 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (48%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (19%)
- Utility gas (17%)
- Wood (11%)
- Electricity (4%)
- Coal or coke (1%)
97.2% of residents of Allen township speak English at home.
0.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (50% speak English very well, 50% speak English not well).
2.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 527- In family households: 424 (128 male householders, 16 female householders)
140 spouses, 118 children (100 natural, 9 adopted, 9 stepchildren), 8 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 3 parents, 1 other relatives, 10 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 103 (44 male householders (32 living alone)), 31 female householders (25 living alone)), 28 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 88 2-persons, 21 3-persons, 20 4-persons, 7 5-persons, 6 6-persons, 2 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 57 1-person, 10 2-persons, 5 3-persons, 3 4-persons,
13 married couples with children.
3 single-parent households (0 men, 3 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 2
| Here: | 3.8% |
| 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: 4
| Here: | 23.5% |
| South Dakota: | 17.8% |