Ida township, Douglas County, Minnesota (MN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (20% naturalized citizens)
| Ida township: | 0.9% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
64% of Ida township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 40% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 89% lived in Minnesota.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 828
- Northeast: 9
- Midwest: 122
- South: 27
- West: 22
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $137,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.3%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 760
- One, attached: 10
- Two: 16
- Mobile homes: 58
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 8
Median worth of mobile homes: $48,000
Housing units in Ida township with a mortgage: 158 (26 second mortgage, 29 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 92
- Construction (13%)
- Machinery (12%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (8%)
- Metal and metal products (8%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (6%)
- Nonmetallic mineral products (4%)
- Broadcasting, internet publishing, and telecommunications services (4%)
- Health care (21%)
- Accommodation and food services (14%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Finance and insurance (3%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (3%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (9%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (5%)
- Waiters and waitresses (5%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Ida township:
- German (39.1%)
- Norwegian (17.7%)
- Swedish (7.2%)
- Irish (6.4%)
- United States or American (5.4%)
- English (4.9%)
- Scandinavian (2.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Philippines (60%)
- Germany (20%)
- Poland (20%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 392 (78%)
- Carpooled: 43 (9%)
- Walked: 12 (2%)
- Other means: 10 (2%)
- Worked at home: 46 (9%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (65%)
- Electricity (15%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (15%)
- Wood (5%)
96.3% of residents of Ida township speak English at home.
1.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (92% speak English very well, 8% speak English not well).
1.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (78% speak English very well, 22% speak English well).
0.6% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (17% speak English very well, 83% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,019- In family households: 882 (275 male householders, 24 female householders)
277 spouses, 276 children (258 natural, 12 adopted, 6 stepchildren), 9 grandchildren, 4 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 11 other relatives, 6 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 137 (71 male householders (55 living alone)), 32 female householders (28 living alone)), 34 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 166 2-persons, 36 3-persons, 43 4-persons, 35 5-persons, 17 6-persons, 2 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 83 1-person, 11 2-persons, 6 3-persons, 1 4-persons, 2 5-persons,
207 married couples with children.
18 single-parent households (7 men, 11 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 12
| Here: | 10.3% |
| 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: 2
| Here: | 10.0% |
| Minnesota: | 24.6% |