Savo township, Brown County, South Dakota (SD) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 4,342 (53% naturalized citizens)
| Savo township: | 4341.5% |
| Whole state: | 1.8% |
66% of Savo township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 61% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 43% lived in South Dakota.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 18408
- Northeast: 10582
- Midwest: 327
- South: 2114
- West: 194
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $83,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.7%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 9,254
- One, attached: 1,489
- Two: 601
- 3 or 4: 527
- 5 to 9: 107
- 10 to 19: 105
- 20 to 49: 33
- 50 or more: 733
- Mobile homes: 72
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 17
Median worth of mobile homes: $20,400
Housing units in Savo township with a mortgage: 6,791 (711 second mortgage, 853 home equity loan, 16 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 2,671
- Construction (9%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Health care (16%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (3%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (3%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (4%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Savo township:
- Italian (14.6%)
- Irish (12.5%)
- German (10.3%)
- English (4.9%)
- Polish (3.8%)
- United States or American (3.1%)
- African (0.9%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Vietnam (25%)
- Philippines (8%)
- Dominican Republic (5%)
- Mexico (5%)
- Nicaragua (5%)
- Jamaica (5%)
- India (3%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 11,750 (75%)
- Carpooled: 1,961 (13%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 661 (4%)
- Streetcar or trolley car: 13 (0%)
- Subway or elevated: 193 (1%)
- Railroad: 104 (1%)
- Taxi: 14 (0%)
- Bicycle: 55 (0%)
- Walked: 309 (2%)
- Other means: 154 (1%)
- Worked at home: 350 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (71%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (21%)
- Electricity (6%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)
79.9% of residents of Savo township speak English at home.
12.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (65% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 11% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
3.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (66% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 11% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
3.7% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (37% speak English very well, 27% speak English well, 32% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (87% speak English very well, 13% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 35,032- In family households: 31,466 (6,420 male householders, 2,751 female householders)
6,568 spouses, 12,278 children (11,466 natural, 298 adopted, 514 stepchildren), 1,121 grandchildren, 359 brothers or sisters, 427 parents, 774 other relatives, 768 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 3,566 (1,401 male householders (1,187 living alone)), 1,809 female householders (1,675 living alone)), 356 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 671 (464 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 3,031 2-persons, 2,205 3-persons, 2,053 4-persons, 1,112 5-persons, 470 6-persons, 300 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 2,862 1-person, 323 2-persons, 22 3-persons, 3 4-persons,
10 married couples with children.
6 single-parent households (3 men, 3 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 1,076
| Here: | 21.3% |
| South Dakota: | 8.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 365
| Here: | 15.1% |
| South Dakota: | 5.6% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 239
| Here: | 16.1% |
| South Dakota: | 17.8% |