Edison township, Minnehaha County, South Dakota (SD) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Edison township: | 0.5% |
| Whole state: | 1.8% |
72% of Edison township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 76% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 20% lived in South Dakota.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 295
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 79
- South: 6
- West: 7
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $85,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.1%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 143
- Mobile homes: 4
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 2
Median worth of mobile homes: $25,000
Housing units in Edison township with a mortgage: 21 (4 second mortgage, 3 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 10
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (20%)
- Construction (9%)
- Health care (8%)
- Transportation equipment (6%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (5%)
- Truck transportation (4%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Finance and insurance (13%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Health care (9%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (7%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (6%)
- U. S. Postal service (5%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (16%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (9%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (16%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (7%)
- Farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
- Accountants and auditors (4%)
- Computer specialists (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Edison township:
- German (44.2%)
- Norwegian (33.3%)
- Dutch (5.3%)
- Swedish (3.3%)
- United States or American (2.8%)
- Irish (1.9%)
- English (1.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Other Northern Europe (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 162 (76%)
- Carpooled: 29 (14%)
- Walked: 9 (4%)
- Worked at home: 13 (6%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (68%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (16%)
- Electricity (9%)
- Utility gas (7%)
95.9% of residents of Edison township speak English at home.
2.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (78% speak English very well, 22% speak English not well).
1.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (33% speak English very well, 67% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 391- In family households: 376 (110 male householders, 21 female householders)
106 spouses, 137 children (133 natural, 4 adopted, 0 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 2 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 15 (5 male householders (5 living alone)), 10 female householders (10 living alone)), 0 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 61 2-persons, 32 3-persons, 22 4-persons, 14 5-persons, 1 6-persons, 1 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 15 1-person,
112 married couples with children.
7 single-parent households (4 men, 3 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 7
| Here: | 11.3% |
| South Dakota: | 8.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 4
| Here: | 12.1% |
| South Dakota: | 5.6% |