Butler township, Sanborn County, South Dakota (SD) detailed profile
Land area: 36.1 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 254 (all rural)
| Males: 138 |  (54.3%) |
| Females: 116 |  (45.7%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 254 (161 owner occupied, 93 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 37% |
| State: | 32% |
Races in Butler township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 99.6%
- Two or more races: 0.4%
Median age of males: 21.6
Median age of females: 29.0
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Average household size: 3.85
| Butler township: | 3.9 people |
| South Dakota: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 4.34
| Butler township: | $47,848 |
| South Dakota: | $48,947 |
| Here: | $359 |
| State: | $529 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $71,291 (it was $36,400 in 2000)
| : | $71,291 |
| South Dakota: | $138,400 |
| Population density: 7 people per square mile | (very low). |
| This township: | 28.2% |
| Whole state: | 13.2% |
| This township: | 22.5% |
| Whole state: | 5.8% |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Cemetery: Butler Cemetery (1). Display/hide its location on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Dry Run (A), Jim Creek (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
62% of Butler township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 74% 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: 266
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 6
- South: 0
- West: 0
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $15,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 1.5%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 41
- One, attached: 7
- Two: 2
- 3 or 4: 8
- Mobile homes: 13
Median worth of mobile homes: $28,500
Housing units in Butler township with a mortgage: 4 (0 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 9
- Transportation equipment (9%)
- Construction (9%)
- Public administration (9%)
- Machinery (8%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (4%)
- Health care (24%)
- Accommodation and food services (14%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Transportation equipment (4%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (3%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (9%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (7%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (4%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (4%)
- Registered nurses (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (5%)
- Cashiers (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Butler township:
- German (51.3%)
- United States or American (14.4%)
- Belgian (11.8%)
- Irish (4.6%)
- Norwegian (2.6%)
- French Canadian (2.1%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.1%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 66 (71%)
- Carpooled: 4 (4%)
- Walked: 10 (11%)
- Worked at home: 13 (14%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (76%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (11%)
- Electricity (6%)
- Wood (3%)
- Other fuel (3%)
60.6% of residents of Butler township speak English at home.
1.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
37.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (19% speak English very well, 59% speak English well, 22% speak English not well).
0.8% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 272- In family households: 263 (54 male householders, 2 female householders)
58 spouses, 136 children (132 natural, 0 adopted, 4 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 3 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 10 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 9 (5 male householders (3 living alone)), 2 female householders (2 living alone)), 2 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 17 2-persons, 7 3-persons, 9 4-persons, 8 5-persons, 4 6-persons, 11 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 5 1-person, 2 2-persons,
104 married couples with children.
2 single-parent households (0 men, 2 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| 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: 2
| Here: | 40.0% |
| South Dakota: | 17.8% |