Garfield township, Cuming County, Nebraska (NE) detailed profile
Land area: 35.8 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 266 (all rural)
| Males: 146 |  (54.9%) |
| Females: 120 |  (45.1%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 266 (184 owner occupied, 82 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 31% |
| State: | 33% |
Races in Garfield township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 97.7%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.8%
Median age of males: 38.3
Median age of females: 39.0
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Average household size: 2.71
| Garfield township: | 2.7 people |
| Nebraska: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 3.18
| Garfield township: | $47,287 |
| Nebraska: | $51,440 |
| Here: | $357 |
| State: | $574 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $91,542 (it was $72,500 in 2000)
| : | $91,542 |
| Nebraska: | $132,700 |
| Population density: 7 people per square mile | (very low). |
| This township: | 3.5% |
| Whole state: | 9.7% |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Notable location: Bracht Feedyards (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Cemetery: Pioneer Cemetery (1). Display/hide its location on the map
71% of Garfield township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 84% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 100% lived in Nebraska.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 278
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 5
- South: 0
- West: 0
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.1%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 104
- Mobile homes: 5
Median worth of mobile homes: $17,500
Housing units in Garfield township with a mortgage: 0 (0 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 2
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (59%)
- Truck transportation (23%)
- Food (18%)
- Health care (23%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (18%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (11%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Food (9%)
- Truck transportation (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Farmers and farm managers (51%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (32%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (10%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (7%)
- Farmers and farm managers (18%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (11%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (11%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (7%)
- Other healthcare support occupations (7%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Garfield township:
- German (81.6%)
- Swedish (11.7%)
- Czechoslovakian (2.1%)
- English (1.8%)
- Irish (1.8%)
- Danish (1.1%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 95 (61%)
- Carpooled: 16 (10%)
- Walked: 8 (5%)
- Worked at home: 37 (24%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (41%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (32%)
- Electricity (17%)
- Wood (5%)
- Other fuel (5%)
97.5% of residents of Garfield township speak English at home.
2.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 283- In family households: 253 (76 male householders, 0 female householders)
77 spouses, 100 children (100 natural, 0 adopted, 0 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 30 (23 male householders (23 living alone)), 7 female householders (7 living alone)), 0 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 32 2-persons, 5 3-persons, 19 4-persons, 20 5-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 30 1-person,
74 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): 5
| Here: | 21.7% |
| Nebraska: | 14.6% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 9
| Here: | 37.5% |
| Nebraska: | 10.8% |