Weta township, Jackson County, South Dakota (SD) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1,943 (71% naturalized citizens)
Weta township: | 1942.9% |
Whole state: | 1.8% |
58% of Weta township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 52% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 87% lived in South Dakota.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 5618
- Northeast: 109
- Midwest: 249
- South: 181
- West: 76
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $225,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 0.0%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 2,083
- One, attached: 67
- Two: 60
- 3 or 4: 52
- 5 to 9: 46
- 10 to 19: 19
- Mobile homes: 90
Median worth of mobile homes: $13,300
Housing units in Weta township with a mortgage: 1,224 (57 second mortgage, 339 home equity loan, 19 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 302
- Construction (14%)
- Transportation equipment (13%)
- Metal and metal products (8%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Machinery (7%)
- Utilities (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Educational services (15%)
- Health care (10%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Plastics and rubber products (7%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (12%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (9%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (9%)
- Cashiers (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (5%)
- Child care workers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Weta township:
- German (28.0%)
- Polish (10.5%)
- English (9.2%)
- Irish (7.4%)
- United States or American (7.1%)
- French Canadian (4.8%)
- French (except Basque) (4.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Canada (51%)
- United Kingdom (25%)
- Other Western Europe (8%)
- Italy (7%)
- Hungary (6%)
- Czechoslovakia (includes Czech Republic and Slovakia) (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 2,560 (88%)
- Carpooled: 267 (9%)
- Motorcycle: 16 (1%)
- Other means: 7 (0%)
- Worked at home: 58 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (69%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (15%)
- Electricity (8%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (5%)
- Wood (3%)
97.3% of residents of Weta township speak English at home.
0.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (31% speak English very well, 69% speak English well).
2.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (79% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 3% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 6,361- In family households: 5,872 (1,745 male householders, 121 female householders)
1,705 spouses, 2,143 children (1,937 natural, 55 adopted, 151 stepchildren), 48 grandchildren, 9 brothers or sisters, 19 parents, 24 other relatives, 58 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 489 (209 male householders (170 living alone)), 188 female householders (171 living alone)), 92 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 8 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 714 2-persons, 374 3-persons, 448 4-persons, 264 5-persons, 66 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 341 1-person, 49 2-persons, 7 6-persons,
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 173
Here: | 19.2% |
South Dakota: | 8.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 10
Here: | 2.5% |
South Dakota: | 5.6% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 12
Here: | 6.6% |
South Dakota: | 17.8% |