Eureka township, Dakota County, Minnesota (MN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (57% naturalized citizens)
| Eureka township: | 1.4% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
78% of Eureka township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 67% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 73% lived in Minnesota.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1181
- Northeast: 11
- Midwest: 200
- South: 31
- West: 36
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $225,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.4%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 489
- Two: 3
- 3 or 4: 6
- Mobile homes: 6
Median worth of mobile homes: $12,500
Housing units in Eureka township with a mortgage: 247 (31 second mortgage, 49 home equity loan, 2 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 43
- Construction (16%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (7%)
- Air transportation (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (4%)
- Utilities (4%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Health care (9%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Construction (4%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (4%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (9%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Computer specialists (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
- Cashiers (4%)
- Customer service representatives (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Eureka township:
- German (34.5%)
- Norwegian (21.1%)
- Irish (7.1%)
- United States or American (5.7%)
- Swedish (5.3%)
- English (3.8%)
- Czech (3.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Laos (24%)
- Germany (19%)
- Honduras (19%)
- United Kingdom (14%)
- Other Northern Europe (10%)
- Ukraine (10%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 677 (79%)
- Carpooled: 76 (9%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 13 (2%)
- Walked: 8 (1%)
- Other means: 9 (1%)
- Worked at home: 73 (9%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (49%)
- Utility gas (32%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (9%)
- Electricity (7%)
- Wood (3%)
96.2% of residents of Eureka township speak English at home.
1.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (33% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 44% speak English not well).
2.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (84% speak English very well, 10% speak English well, 6% speak English not well).
0.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,485- In family households: 1,367 (369 male householders, 42 female householders)
365 spouses, 525 children (491 natural, 18 adopted, 16 stepchildren), 6 grandchildren, 2 brothers or sisters, 14 parents, 9 other relatives, 35 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 118 (63 male householders (54 living alone)), 29 female householders (19 living alone)), 26 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 162 2-persons, 69 3-persons, 97 4-persons, 49 5-persons, 19 6-persons, 15 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 73 1-person, 17 2-persons, 2 3-persons,
396 married couples with children.
40 single-parent households (27 men, 13 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 23
| Here: | 10.5% |
| Minnesota: | 11.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 10
| Here: | 8.5% |
| Minnesota: | 6.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 4
| Here: | 8.0% |
| Minnesota: | 24.6% |