Balsam township, Itasca County, Minnesota (MN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (56% naturalized citizens)
| Balsam township: | 1.6% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
67% of Balsam township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 52% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 56% lived in Minnesota.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 442
- Northeast: 5
- Midwest: 113
- South: 9
- West: 13
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $75,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.1%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 641
- Mobile homes: 52
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 2
Median worth of mobile homes: $40,000
Housing units in Balsam township with a mortgage: 47 (0 second mortgage, 12 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 52
- Construction (23%)
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (11%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (7%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Paper (5%)
- Utilities (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Educational services (18%)
- Health care (13%)
- Food and beverage stores (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (7%)
- Paper (5%)
- Computer and electronic products (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (13%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (7%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (8%)
- Registered nurses (7%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
- Special education teachers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Balsam township:
- German (22.8%)
- Norwegian (15.8%)
- United States or American (12.1%)
- Swedish (10.7%)
- English (6.5%)
- Irish (6.5%)
- Finnish (3.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Canada (44%)
- Germany (33%)
- United Kingdom (22%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 170 (76%)
- Carpooled: 28 (13%)
- Walked: 2 (1%)
- Worked at home: 23 (10%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (39%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (26%)
- Wood (23%)
- Electricity (9%)
- Utility gas (3%)
96.6% of residents of Balsam township speak English at home.
1.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (71% speak English very well, 29% speak English well).
1.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (55% speak English very well, 45% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 601- In family households: 554 (178 male householders, 17 female householders)
170 spouses, 161 children (141 natural, 1 adopted, 19 stepchildren), 6 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 4 parents, 10 other relatives, 8 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 47 (23 male householders (19 living alone)), 18 female householders (15 living alone)), 6 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 112 2-persons, 32 3-persons, 26 4-persons, 14 5-persons, 6 6-persons, 5 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 34 1-person, 7 2-persons,
102 married couples with children.
6 single-parent households (4 men, 2 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 18
| Here: | 24.3% |
| Minnesota: | 11.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 10
| Here: | 20.4% |
| Minnesota: | 6.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 1
| Here: | 7.1% |
| Minnesota: | 24.6% |