Decoria township, Blue Earth County, Minnesota (MN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (100% naturalized citizens)
Decoria township: | 0.3% |
Whole state: | 5.3% |
67% of Decoria township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 66% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 92% lived in Minnesota.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 823
- Northeast: 4
- Midwest: 81
- South: 2
- West: 2
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $208,300
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.3%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 302
- One, attached: 18
- Two: 2
- Mobile homes: 16
Median worth of mobile homes: $27,500
Housing units in Decoria township with a mortgage: 119 (10 second mortgage, 35 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 72
- Construction (12%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Printing and related support activities (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Health care (15%)
- Educational services (15%)
- Finance and insurance (9%)
- Printing and related support activities (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (3%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (9%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (11%)
- Accountants and auditors (6%)
- Waiters and waitresses (5%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
- Financial managers (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Decoria township:
- German (59.3%)
- Norwegian (13.2%)
- Swedish (5.2%)
- Irish (4.9%)
- Belgian (3.1%)
- United States or American (3.0%)
- English (2.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Poland (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 414 (79%)
- Carpooled: 73 (14%)
- Walked: 7 (1%)
- Other means: 2 (0%)
- Worked at home: 31 (6%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (81%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (9%)
- Electricity (4%)
- Wood (4%)
- Utility gas (2%)
98.3% of residents of Decoria township speak English at home.
1.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (83% speak English very well, 17% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 918- In family households: 829 (249 male householders, 17 female householders)
244 spouses, 297 children (282 natural, 9 adopted, 6 stepchildren), 5 grandchildren, 3 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 10 other relatives, 4 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 89 (34 male householders (15 living alone)), 23 female householders (22 living alone)), 32 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 115 2-persons, 53 3-persons, 60 4-persons, 27 5-persons, 5 6-persons, 6 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 37 1-person, 15 2-persons, 2 3-persons, 3 4-persons,
227 married couples with children.
12 single-parent households (4 men, 8 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 9
Here: | 7.4% |
Minnesota: | 11.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 6
Here: | 8.8% |
Minnesota: | 6.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
Here: | 0.0% |
Minnesota: | 24.6% |