Alton township, Brookings County, South Dakota (SD) detailed profile
Land area: 35.1 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 233 (all rural)
Males: 121 | (51.9%) |
Females: 112 | (48.1%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 233 (195 owner occupied, 38 renter occupied)
% of renters here: | 16% |
State: | 32% |
Races in Alton township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 94.8%
- Asian: 1.7%
Median age of males: 36.4
Median age of females: 36.0
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Average household size: 2.95
Alton township: | 3.0 people |
South Dakota: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 3.16
Alton township: | $47,141 |
South Dakota: | $48,947 |
Here: | $567 |
State: | $529 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $154,080 (it was $84,800 in 2000)
: | $154,080 |
South Dakota: | $138,400 |
Population density: 7 people per square mile | (very low). |
41% of Alton township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 70% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 100% lived in South Dakota.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 14
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 3
- South: 0
- West: 0
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $9,999
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.8%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 11
Housing units in Alton township with a mortgage: 3 (0 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 0
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (23%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (21%)
- Construction (10%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Health care (6%)
- Farm supplies merchant wholesalers (4%)
- Wood products (3%)
- Health care (28%)
- Educational services (14%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (9%)
- Wood products (8%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (23%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (17%)
- Food and beverage serving workers except waiters/waitresses (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Life and physical scientists (4%)
- Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters (4%)
- Plant and system operators (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (11%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (11%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (11%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (9%)
- Life, physical, and social science technicians (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Farmers and farm managers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Alton township:
- German (64.7%)
- Norwegian (17.6%)
- Dutch (11.8%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 7 (58%)
- Worked at home: 5 (42%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (56%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (22%)
- Wood (22%)
88.2% of residents of Alton township speak English at home.
11.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 17- In family households: 17 (8 male householders, 0 female householders)
7 spouses, 2 children (2 natural, 0 adopted, 0 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 0 (0 male householders (0 living alone)), 0 female householders (0 living alone)), 0 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 5 2-persons, 3 3-persons,
62 married couples with children.
1 single-parent households (1 men, 0 women).