Aurora township, Aurora County, South Dakota (SD) detailed profile
Land area: 35.4 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 127 (all rural)
| Males: 66 |  (52.0%) |
| Females: 61 |  (48.0%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 127 (85 owner occupied, 42 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 33% |
| State: | 32% |
Races in Aurora township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 100.0%
Median age of males: 40.2
Median age of females: 37.3
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Average household size: 2.95
| Aurora township: | 3.0 people |
| South Dakota: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 3.15
| Aurora township: | $46,150 |
| South Dakota: | $48,947 |
| Here: | $346 |
| State: | $529 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $71,918 (it was $37,700 in 2000)
| : | $71,918 |
| South Dakota: | $138,400 |
| Population density: 4 people per square mile | (very low). |
| This township: | 6.5% |
| Whole state: | 13.2% |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Notable location: Dudley Townhall (A). Display/hide its location on the map
75% of Aurora township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 93% 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: 114
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 10
- South: 0
- West: 0
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 0.0%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 41
- 5 to 9: 2
Housing units in Aurora township with a mortgage: 2 (0 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 12
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (54%)
- Construction (19%)
- Farm product raw materials merchant wholesalers (5%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Utilities (5%)
- Educational services (23%)
- Public administration (19%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (15%)
- Health care (15%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (8%)
- Food and beverage stores (8%)
- Sporting goods, camera, and hobby and toy stores (8%)
- Farmers and farm managers (54%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (14%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Material moving workers except supervisors and laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (15%)
- Registered nurses (15%)
- Farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (8%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (8%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Aurora township:
- German (50.0%)
- Dutch (32.7%)
- Swedish (8.2%)
- English (4.1%)
- United States or American (3.1%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.0%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 31 (49%)
- Carpooled: 10 (16%)
- Walked: 2 (3%)
- Worked at home: 20 (32%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (44%)
- Electricity (23%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (23%)
- Other fuel (9%)
95.7% of residents of Aurora township speak English at home.
3.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (50% speak English very well, 50% speak English well).
0.9% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 124- In family households: 122 (39 male householders, 0 female householders)
41 spouses, 42 children (41 natural, 0 adopted, 1 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 2 (2 male householders (2 living alone)), 0 female householders (0 living alone)), 0 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 21 2-persons, 5 3-persons, 6 4-persons, 5 5-persons, 1 6-persons, 1 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 2 1-person,
42 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): 6
| Here: | 26.1% |
| South Dakota: | 8.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| South Dakota: | 5.6% |