Clifton township, Spink County, South Dakota (SD) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1,100 (78% naturalized citizens)
| Clifton township: | 1100.0% |
| Whole state: | 1.8% |
72% of Clifton township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 58% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 36% lived in South Dakota.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 6178
- Northeast: 6725
- Midwest: 313
- South: 546
- West: 102
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $74,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 0.0%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 4,818
- One, attached: 89
- Two: 37
- 3 or 4: 16
- 5 to 9: 172
- 10 to 19: 5
- Mobile homes: 10
Median worth of mobile homes: $20,800
Housing units in Clifton township with a mortgage: 2,907 (334 second mortgage, 468 home equity loan, 12 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,643
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (9%)
- Construction (9%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (3%)
- Health care (3%)
- Health care (17%)
- Educational services (14%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (10%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (3%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Engineers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (12%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Clifton township:
- Irish (24.1%)
- Italian (19.5%)
- German (15.7%)
- English (7.2%)
- Polish (5.6%)
- United States or American (3.5%)
- Scotch-Irish (1.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Italy (15%)
- Korea (8%)
- Canada (7%)
- United Kingdom (6%)
- India (6%)
- Poland (6%)
- Other South Central Asia (6%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 5,768 (83%)
- Carpooled: 529 (8%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 133 (2%)
- Subway or elevated: 35 (1%)
- Railroad: 74 (1%)
- Bicycle: 33 (0%)
- Walked: 71 (1%)
- Other means: 16 (0%)
- Worked at home: 302 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (88%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (9%)
- Electricity (2%)
92.5% of residents of Clifton township speak English at home.
2.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (81% speak English very well, 10% speak English well, 3% speak English not well, 6% don't speak English at all).
4.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (78% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 5% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
1.0% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (52% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 26% speak English not well, 7% don't speak English at all).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (45% speak English very well, 55% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 14,400- In family households: 13,380 (3,435 male householders, 727 female householders)
3,683 spouses, 4,874 children (4,524 natural, 153 adopted, 197 stepchildren), 220 grandchildren, 63 brothers or sisters, 103 parents, 164 other relatives, 111 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,020 (325 male householders (248 living alone)), 562 female householders (539 living alone)), 133 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 195 (105 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,646 2-persons, 895 3-persons, 945 4-persons, 459 5-persons, 183 6-persons, 34 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 787 1-person, 80 2-persons, 14 3-persons, 6 4-persons,
8 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): 272
| Here: | 14.1% |
| South Dakota: | 8.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 68
| Here: | 7.4% |
| South Dakota: | 5.6% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 167
| Here: | 31.5% |
| South Dakota: | 17.8% |