Como township, Hand County, South Dakota (SD) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 195 (46% naturalized citizens)
Como township: | 194.9% |
Whole state: | 1.8% |
67% of Como township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 75% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 74% lived in South Dakota.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 5828
- Northeast: 79
- Midwest: 212
- South: 338
- West: 61
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $50,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 0.0%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 2,031
- One, attached: 132
- Two: 103
- 3 or 4: 36
- 5 to 9: 115
- 10 to 19: 212
- 50 or more: 10
- Mobile homes: 8
Median worth of mobile homes: $45,000
Housing units in Como township with a mortgage: 1,141 (82 second mortgage, 106 home equity loan, 14 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 656
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (40%)
- Construction (21%)
- Accommodation and food services (10%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (6%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Food (4%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (4%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (19%)
- Health care (19%)
- Educational services (14%)
- Food (11%)
- Other direct selling establishments (8%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (6%)
- Gasoline stations (6%)
- Farmers and farm managers (40%)
- Other food preparation and serving workers including supervisors (10%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (8%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (4%)
- Farmers and farm managers (14%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (14%)
- Other healthcare support occupations (11%)
- Operations specialties managers except financial managers (6%)
- Therapists (6%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (6%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (6%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Como township:
- German (23.9%)
- Polish (15.6%)
- English (9.0%)
- French (except Basque) (5.6%)
- Irish (5.3%)
- United States or American (5.2%)
- Scottish (1.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Vietnam (21%)
- Canada (21%)
- Other Eastern Europe (20%)
- Taiwan (12%)
- Germany (11%)
- Laos (8%)
- Philippines (8%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 2,304 (82%)
- Carpooled: 365 (13%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 10 (0%)
- Walked: 45 (2%)
- Worked at home: 90 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (91%)
- Electricity (8%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)
94.5% of residents of Como township speak English at home.
4.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (77% speak English very well, 23% speak English well).
0.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (50% speak English very well, 33% speak English well, 17% speak English not well).
0.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (43% speak English very well, 57% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 6,596- In family households: 5,698 (1,445 male householders, 352 female householders)
1,366 spouses, 2,206 children (2,003 natural, 36 adopted, 167 stepchildren), 99 grandchildren, 18 brothers or sisters, 9 parents, 60 other relatives, 143 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 898 (248 male householders (188 living alone)), 517 female householders (458 living alone)), 133 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 6 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 722 2-persons, 433 3-persons, 384 4-persons, 188 5-persons, 52 6-persons, 18 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 646 1-person, 110 2-persons, 9 3-persons,
11 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): 157
Here: | 18.8% |
South Dakota: | 8.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 32
Here: | 8.8% |
South Dakota: | 5.6% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 10
Here: | 4.2% |
South Dakota: | 17.8% |