Custer township, Beadle County, South Dakota (SD) detailed profile
Land area: 32.5 sq. mi.
Water area: 1.2 sq. mi.
Population: 321 (21% urban, 79% rural)
| Males: 178 |  (55.5%) |
| Females: 143 |  (44.5%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 321 (266 owner occupied, 55 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 17% |
| State: | 32% |
Races in Custer township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 98.4%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.3%
- Asian: 0.3%
- Two or more races: 0.9%
Median age of males: 39.5
Median age of females: 42.4
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Average household size: 2.41
| Custer township: | 2.4 people |
| South Dakota: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 2.99
| Custer township: | $41,729 |
| South Dakota: | $48,947 |
| Here: | $447 |
| State: | $529 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $91,465 (it was $57,500 in 2000)
| : | $91,465 |
| South Dakota: | $138,400 |
| Population density: 10 people per square mile | (low). |
| This township: | 7.0% |
| Whole state: | 13.2% |
Cities in this township include: Morningside.
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Cemeteries: Ideal Cemetery (1), Saint Martin Cemetery (2), Riverside Cemetery (3). Display/hide their locations on the map
Reservoir: Stony Run Lake (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Stony Run (A). Display/hide its location on the map
74% of Custer township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 92% 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: 255
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 39
- South: 5
- West: 0
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.0%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.8% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 130
- Two: 7
- Mobile homes: 13
Median worth of mobile homes: $50,700
Housing units in Custer township with a mortgage: 7 (0 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 59
- Transportation equipment (13%)
- Plastics and rubber products (11%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Construction (7%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Educational services (16%)
- Health care (16%)
- Transportation equipment (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (3%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Top executives (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Custer township:
- German (50.2%)
- Norwegian (11.4%)
- Dutch (7.6%)
- Swedish (6.6%)
- United States or American (5.7%)
- English (5.2%)
- French (except Basque) (3.3%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 152 (89%)
- Carpooled: 12 (7%)
- Worked at home: 6 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (40%)
- Utility gas (31%)
- Electricity (21%)
- Wood (9%)
All residents speak only English at home
Household type by relationship:
Households: 299- In family households: 260 (107 male householders, 0 female householders)
94 spouses, 52 children (52 natural, 0 adopted, 0 stepchildren), 7 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 39 (23 male householders (23 living alone)), 16 female householders (16 living alone)), 0 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 75 2-persons, 19 3-persons, 7 4-persons, 6 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 39 1-person,
76 married couples with children.
6 single-parent households (2 men, 4 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 19
| Here: | 52.8% |
| South Dakota: | 8.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| South Dakota: | 5.6% |