Ben Wade township, Pope County, Minnesota (MN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (25% naturalized citizens)
Ben Wade township: | 1.6% |
Whole state: | 5.3% |
72% of Ben Wade township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 29% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 65% lived in Minnesota.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 225
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 31
- South: 0
- West: 19
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $187,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 1.1%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 84
- Mobile homes: 16
Median worth of mobile homes: $46,700
Housing units in Ben Wade township with a mortgage: 12 (2 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 11
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (37%)
- Metal and metal products (10%)
- Construction (8%)
- Machinery (8%)
- Plastics and rubber products (3%)
- Transportation equipment (3%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (3%)
- Health care (27%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (21%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Paper and paper products merchant wholesalers (5%)
- Broadcasting, internet publishing, and telecommunications services (5%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (27%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (10%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (8%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Top executives (3%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (3%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (3%)
- Farmers and farm managers (13%)
- Health technologists and technicians (13%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (11%)
- Accountants and auditors (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Entertainers and performers, sports, and related workers (5%)
- Other healthcare support occupations (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Ben Wade township:
- Norwegian (44.5%)
- German (30.3%)
- Czech (14.2%)
- Italian (3.1%)
- Czechoslovakian (2.8%)
- English (0.8%)
- Irish (0.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Korea (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 100 (68%)
- Carpooled: 2 (1%)
- Walked: 10 (7%)
- Worked at home: 36 (24%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (61%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (20%)
- Electricity (8%)
- Wood (6%)
- Utility gas (5%)
96.9% of residents of Ben Wade township speak English at home.
1.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (67% speak English very well, 33% speak English not well).
1.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 279- In family households: 254 (70 male householders, 4 female householders)
74 spouses, 101 children (95 natural, 6 adopted, 0 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 2 parents, 0 other relatives, 3 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 25 (19 male householders (19 living alone)), 6 female householders (6 living alone)), 0 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 25 2-persons, 15 3-persons, 22 4-persons, 4 5-persons, 6 6-persons, 2 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 25 1-person,
75 married couples with children.
1 single-parent households (1 men, 0 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 6
Here: | 14.0% |
Minnesota: | 11.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 5
Here: | 18.5% |
Minnesota: | 6.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
Here: | 0.0% |
Minnesota: | 24.6% |