Pender township, Thurston County, Nebraska (NE) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (39% naturalized citizens)
| Pender township: | 2.1% |
| Whole state: | 4.4% |
62% of Pender township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 58% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 65% lived in Nebraska.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1101
- Northeast: 5
- Midwest: 161
- South: 8
- West: 48
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $45,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 1.8%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.5% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
People in group quarters in Pender township, Nebraska:
- 40 people in nursing homes
- 15 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 6 people in wards in general hospitals for patients who have no usual home elsewhere
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 518
- One, attached: 5
- Two: 23
- 3 or 4: 34
- 5 to 9: 8
- 10 to 19: 15
- Mobile homes: 10
Median worth of mobile homes: $12,500
Housing units in Pender township with a mortgage: 107 (9 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 259
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (12%)
- Construction (10%)
- Machinery (7%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Food (5%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Health care (27%)
- Educational services (16%)
- Public administration (10%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Food (3%)
- Machinery (3%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (8%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Pender township:
- German (60.7%)
- Irish (8.2%)
- Swedish (5.6%)
- Czech (3.1%)
- United States or American (2.7%)
- Danish (2.5%)
- English (2.3%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (61%)
- Germany (21%)
- Canada (18%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 485 (75%)
- Carpooled: 64 (10%)
- Walked: 60 (9%)
- Other means: 2 (0%)
- Worked at home: 32 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (82%)
- Electricity (9%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (8%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)
People in group quarters in Pender township, Nebraska:
- 40 people in nursing homes
- 15 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 6 people in wards in general hospitals for patients who have no usual home elsewhere
96.3% of residents of Pender township speak English at home.
2.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (44% speak English very well, 24% speak English well, 9% speak English not well, 24% don't speak English at all).
1.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (46% speak English very well, 54% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,288- In family households: 1,085 (235 male householders, 136 female householders)
323 spouses, 350 children (330 natural, 7 adopted, 13 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 4 brothers or sisters, 7 parents, 10 other relatives, 20 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 203 (72 male householders (66 living alone)), 111 female householders (107 living alone)), 20 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 63 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 212 2-persons, 52 3-persons, 60 4-persons, 34 5-persons, 11 6-persons, 2 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 173 1-person, 6 2-persons, 4 5-persons,
235 married couples with children.
56 single-parent households (14 men, 42 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 5
| Here: | 3.4% |
| Nebraska: | 14.6% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 7
| Here: | 8.1% |
| Nebraska: | 10.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Nebraska: | 20.0% |