Grafton township, Walsh County, North Dakota (ND) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 178 (42% naturalized citizens)
Grafton township: | 178.3% |
Whole state: | 1.9% |
51% of Grafton township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 47% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 75% lived in North Dakota.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 12256
- Northeast: 611
- Midwest: 1372
- South: 879
- West: 236
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $265,300
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.0%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.8% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 4,472
- One, attached: 471
- Two: 66
- 3 or 4: 30
- 5 to 9: 132
- 10 to 19: 93
- 20 to 49: 50
- 50 or more: 6
- Mobile homes: 967
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 47
Median worth of mobile homes: $54,300
Housing units in Grafton township with a mortgage: 3,160 (163 second mortgage, 619 home equity loan, 24 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 678
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (17%)
- Transportation equipment (12%)
- Rail transportation (8%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (8%)
- Construction (7%)
- Metal and metal products (7%)
- Other direct selling establishments (6%)
- Health care (37%)
- Educational services (21%)
- Construction (11%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (9%)
- Public administration (9%)
- Transportation equipment (7%)
- Social assistance (7%)
- Farmers and farm managers (13%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (13%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (10%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (10%)
- Registered nurses (8%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Drafters, engineering, and mapping technicians (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (23%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (21%)
- Other health diagnosing and treating practitioners and technical occupations (14%)
- Therapists (12%)
- Accountants and auditors (9%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (9%)
- Child care workers (7%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Grafton township:
- German (18.5%)
- Irish (10.8%)
- English (10.5%)
- Polish (10.1%)
- Italian (8.1%)
- United States or American (6.3%)
- French (except Basque) (4.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Canada (32%)
- Germany (13%)
- Other Eastern Europe (12%)
- United Kingdom (10%)
- Russia (4%)
- Netherlands (4%)
- Italy (3%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 7,333 (90%)
- Carpooled: 425 (5%)
- Motorcycle: 21 (0%)
- Walked: 52 (1%)
- Worked at home: 341 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (82%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (9%)
- Electricity (4%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (4%)
- Wood (1%)
96.4% of residents of Grafton township speak English at home.
0.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (80% speak English very well, 8% speak English well, 13% speak English not well).
2.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (80% speak English very well, 13% speak English well, 7% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (39% speak English very well, 39% speak English well, 21% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (64% speak English very well, 36% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 15,965- In family households: 14,407 (3,921 male householders, 604 female householders)
4,002 spouses, 5,264 children (4,702 natural, 228 adopted, 334 stepchildren), 65 grandchildren, 51 brothers or sisters, 101 parents, 174 other relatives, 225 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,558 (610 male householders (446 living alone)), 633 female householders (551 living alone)), 315 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 40 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,925 2-persons, 935 3-persons, 990 4-persons, 452 5-persons, 179 6-persons, 44 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 997 1-person, 199 2-persons, 40 3-persons, 7 5-persons,
86 married couples with children.
5 single-parent households (4 men, 1 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 328
Here: | 15.3% |
North Dakota: | 7.1% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 48
Here: | 5.9% |
North Dakota: | 6.0% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 122
Here: | 18.6% |
North Dakota: | 10.5% |