Sverdrup township, Minnehaha County, South Dakota (SD) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 7 (4% naturalized citizens)
| Sverdrup township: | 6.8% |
| Whole state: | 1.8% |
71% of Sverdrup township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 63% 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: 508
- Northeast: 12
- Midwest: 93
- South: 15
- West: 25
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $85,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.8%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 230
- One, attached: 1
- Two: 6
- Mobile homes: 22
Median worth of mobile homes: $52,500
Housing units in Sverdrup township with a mortgage: 78 (11 second mortgage, 15 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 23
- Construction (14%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Machinery (4%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Educational services (3%)
- Health care (16%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (8%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (3%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Computer specialists (4%)
- Top executives (4%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (3%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
- Business operations specialists (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Sverdrup township:
- Norwegian (31.6%)
- German (26.3%)
- Russian (10.6%)
- Dutch (8.1%)
- Irish (6.8%)
- Swedish (6.4%)
- English (3.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Russia (65%)
- Other South Central Asia (31%)
- Ireland (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 333 (84%)
- Carpooled: 33 (8%)
- Walked: 9 (2%)
- Other means: 1 (0%)
- Worked at home: 19 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (53%)
- Utility gas (23%)
- Electricity (13%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (6%)
- Wood (3%)
- No fuel used (1%)
- Other fuel (1%)
89.8% of residents of Sverdrup township speak English at home.
1.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (43% speak English very well, 57% speak English not well).
9.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (37% speak English very well, 50% speak English well, 13% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 701- In family households: 647 (178 male householders, 29 female householders)
194 spouses, 228 children (214 natural, 2 adopted, 12 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 9 brothers or sisters, 3 parents, 2 other relatives, 4 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 54 (28 male householders (19 living alone)), 15 female householders (13 living alone)), 11 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 80 2-persons, 44 3-persons, 51 4-persons, 28 5-persons, 4 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 32 1-person, 11 2-persons,
192 married couples with children.
9 single-parent households (4 men, 5 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 schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| South Dakota: | 5.6% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 4
| Here: | 14.8% |
| South Dakota: | 17.8% |