Ellsworth township, Meeker County, Minnesota (MN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (100% naturalized citizens)
Ellsworth township: | 0.2% |
Whole state: | 5.3% |
66% of Ellsworth township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 32% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 91% lived in Minnesota.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 718
- Northeast: 2
- Midwest: 79
- South: 7
- West: 23
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $325,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.0%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 375
- Mobile homes: 70
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 6
Median worth of mobile homes: $92,000
Housing units in Ellsworth township with a mortgage: 138 (20 second mortgage, 30 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 55
- Construction (13%)
- Computer and electronic products (11%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (7%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (6%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (6%)
- Food (5%)
- Chemicals (4%)
- Health care (16%)
- Computer and electronic products (8%)
- Chemicals (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (7%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (7%)
- Farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (10%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
- Cashiers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Ellsworth township:
- German (60.3%)
- Swedish (9.6%)
- Norwegian (8.4%)
- Irish (3.9%)
- Finnish (1.9%)
- English (1.8%)
- Dutch (1.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 390 (81%)
- Carpooled: 56 (12%)
- Walked: 7 (1%)
- Worked at home: 27 (6%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (47%)
- Utility gas (28%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (13%)
- Electricity (7%)
- Wood (5%)
98.6% of residents of Ellsworth township speak English at home.
0.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (50% speak English very well, 50% speak English not well).
0.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (71% speak English very well, 29% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 831- In family households: 750 (228 male householders, 20 female householders)
237 spouses, 244 children (221 natural, 3 adopted, 20 stepchildren), 1 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 4 parents, 2 other relatives, 14 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 81 (37 male householders (27 living alone)), 29 female householders (27 living alone)), 15 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 123 2-persons, 44 3-persons, 51 4-persons, 22 5-persons, 8 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 54 1-person, 9 2-persons, 3 4-persons,
165 married couples with children.
25 single-parent households (8 men, 17 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 1
Here: | 1.0% |
Minnesota: | 11.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 0
Here: | 0.0% |
Minnesota: | 6.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 3
Here: | 9.7% |
Minnesota: | 24.6% |