Athens township, Isanti County, Minnesota (MN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (38% naturalized citizens)
| Athens township: | 0.9% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
70% of Athens township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 30% 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: 1913
- Northeast: 28
- Midwest: 231
- South: 31
- West: 75
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $187,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 7.3%
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: 652
- One, attached: 3
- Mobile homes: 150
Median worth of mobile homes: $16,900
Housing units in Athens township with a mortgage: 331 (48 second mortgage, 61 home equity loan, 3 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 48
- Construction (25%)
- Metal and metal products (11%)
- Machinery (6%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Truck transportation (3%)
- Accommodation and food services (3%)
- Health care (21%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (4%)
- Construction (4%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (8%)
- Carpenters (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Health technologists and technicians (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Athens township:
- German (30.9%)
- Norwegian (15.3%)
- Swedish (12.9%)
- United States or American (6.0%)
- Irish (5.9%)
- Polish (5.3%)
- English (4.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (29%)
- Germany (24%)
- Korea (19%)
- Mexico (19%)
- Canada (10%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,005 (81%)
- Carpooled: 163 (13%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 5 (0%)
- Walked: 18 (1%)
- Other means: 6 (0%)
- Worked at home: 46 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (53%)
- Utility gas (20%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (12%)
- Electricity (7%)
- Wood (7%)
- Other fuel (1%)
96.9% of residents of Athens township speak English at home.
1.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (90% speak English very well, 5% speak English well, 5% don't speak English at all).
1.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (92% speak English very well, 8% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,303- In family households: 2,091 (518 male householders, 105 female householders)
541 spouses, 798 children (724 natural, 14 adopted, 60 stepchildren), 32 grandchildren, 7 brothers or sisters, 13 parents, 25 other relatives, 52 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 212 (89 male householders (63 living alone)), 65 female householders (50 living alone)), 58 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 216 2-persons, 139 3-persons, 150 4-persons, 88 5-persons, 21 6-persons, 9 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 113 1-person, 29 2-persons, 7 3-persons, 3 4-persons, 2 5-persons,
520 married couples with children.
105 single-parent households (41 men, 64 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 21
| Here: | 6.8% |
| Minnesota: | 11.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 4
| Here: | 1.9% |
| Minnesota: | 6.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 2
| Here: | 3.3% |
| Minnesota: | 24.6% |