Pelican township, Codington County, South Dakota (SD) detailed profile
Land area: 30.4 sq. mi.
Water area: 4.4 sq. mi.
Population: 662 (all rural)
| Males: 336 |  (50.8%) |
| Females: 326 |  (49.2%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 662 (573 owner occupied, 89 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 13% |
| State: | 32% |
Races in Pelican township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 97.0%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 1.8%
- Two or more races: 1.1%
Median age of males: 31.5
Median age of females: 31.3
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Average household size: 2.93
| Pelican township: | 2.9 people |
| South Dakota: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 3.32
| Pelican township: | $46,361 |
| South Dakota: | $48,947 |
| Here: | $520 |
| State: | $529 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $140,909 (it was $80,400 in 2000)
| : | $140,909 |
| South Dakota: | $138,400 |
| Population density: 22 people per square mile | (low). |
| This township: | 13.9% |
| Whole state: | 13.2% |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Lake: Pelican Lake (A). Display/hide its location on the map
94% of Pelican township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 100% lived in this county.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 34
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 2
- South: 0
- West: 0
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $9,999
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.2%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.4% of all households
- Gay men: 0.4% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 14
- Mobile homes: 7
Median worth of mobile homes: $17,500
Housing units in Pelican township with a mortgage: 2 (0 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 0
- Metal and metal products (17%)
- Finance and insurance (9%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (8%)
- Music stores (8%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (8%)
- Construction (7%)
- Nonmetallic mineral products (7%)
- Health care (30%)
- Accommodation and food services (13%)
- Finance and insurance (10%)
- Computer and electronic products (8%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (7%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Food (5%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (16%)
- Carpenters (9%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (8%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (7%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (9%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (9%)
- Health technologists and technicians (9%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (9%)
- Other healthcare support occupations (9%)
- Waiters and waitresses (9%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (8%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Pelican township:
- Norwegian (64.7%)
- English (23.5%)
- Polish (5.9%)
- Swedish (5.9%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 13 (81%)
- Worked at home: 3 (19%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (50%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (25%)
- Utility gas (13%)
- Electricity (13%)
All residents speak only English at home
Household type by relationship:
Households: 36- In family households: 29 (12 male householders, 0 female householders)
12 spouses, 5 children (5 natural, 0 adopted, 0 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 7 (5 male householders (5 living alone)), 2 female householders (2 living alone)), 0 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 8 2-persons, 2 3-persons, 2 4-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 7 1-person,
172 married couples with children.
37 single-parent households (15 men, 22 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| South Dakota: | 8.0% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| South Dakota: | 17.8% |