Highland township, Charles Mix County, South Dakota (SD) detailed profile
Land area: 36.4 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 463 (all rural)
| Males: 230 |  (49.7%) |
| Females: 233 |  (50.3%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 463 (149 owner occupied, 314 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 68% |
| State: | 32% |
Races in Highland township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 21.8%
- Black: 0.2%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 69.1%
- Two or more races: 2.2%
Median age of males: 19.6
Median age of females: 21.7
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Average household size: 4.10
| Highland township: | 4.1 people |
| South Dakota: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 4.25
| Highland township: | $39,658 |
| South Dakota: | $48,947 |
| Here: | $260 |
| State: | $529 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $77,876 (it was $53,800 in 2000)
| : | $77,876 |
| South Dakota: | $138,400 |
| Population density: 13 people per square mile | (low). |
| This township: | 39.4% |
| Whole state: | 13.2% |
| This township: | 24.0% |
| Whole state: | 5.8% |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Notable location: Highland Township Hall (A). Display/hide its location on the map
53% of Highland township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 66% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 62% lived in South Dakota.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 415
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 40
- South: 10
- West: 12
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $17,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 21.2%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.9% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 101
- One, attached: 1
- 3 or 4: 5
- 5 to 9: 3
- 20 to 49: 2
- Mobile homes: 5
Median worth of mobile homes: $12,500
Housing units in Highland township with a mortgage: 18 (0 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 11
- Construction (10%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Health care (5%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Health care (17%)
- Educational services (17%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (11%)
- Finance and insurance (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (3%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (3%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (6%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Highland township:
- German (9.3%)
- Dutch (4.1%)
- Czech (2.3%)
- Swedish (1.8%)
- Irish (1.1%)
- Russian (0.7%)
- Scottish (0.5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 72 (55%)
- Carpooled: 38 (29%)
- Walked: 6 (5%)
- Other means: 5 (4%)
- Worked at home: 11 (8%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (65%)
- Electricity (23%)
- Other fuel (8%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (5%)
84.1% of residents of Highland township speak English at home.
1.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
0.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
14.2% of residents speak other language at home (95% speak English very well, 4% speak English well, 2% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 477- In family households: 452 (46 male householders, 47 female householders)
31 spouses, 204 children (185 natural, 11 adopted, 8 stepchildren), 54 grandchildren, 5 brothers or sisters, 4 parents, 20 other relatives, 41 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 25 (12 male householders (9 living alone)), 10 female householders (10 living alone)), 3 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 13 2-persons, 12 3-persons, 19 4-persons, 23 5-persons, 11 6-persons, 15 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 19 1-person, 3 2-persons,
48 married couples with children.
119 single-parent households (36 men, 83 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 32
| Here: | 30.8% |
| South Dakota: | 8.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 13
| Here: | 81.3% |
| South Dakota: | 5.6% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 2
| Here: | 10.0% |
| South Dakota: | 17.8% |