Brockway township, Stearns County, Minnesota (MN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (100% naturalized citizens)
Brockway township: | 0.6% |
Whole state: | 5.3% |
71% of Brockway township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 53% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 83% lived in Minnesota.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2273
- Northeast: 47
- Midwest: 134
- South: 10
- West: 79
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.3%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.5% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
4 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 810
- Two: 10
- 5 to 9: 10
- 10 to 19: 28
- Mobile homes: 43
Median worth of mobile homes: $33,900
Housing units in Brockway township with a mortgage: 370 (37 second mortgage, 68 home equity loan, 2 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 140
- Construction (11%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (11%)
- Paper (6%)
- Health care (5%)
- Machinery (4%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (4%)
- Printing and related support activities (4%)
- Health care (22%)
- Educational services (15%)
- Electronic shopping and mail-order houses (7%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Food and beverage stores (3%)
- Farmers and farm managers (9%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Customer service representatives (4%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Brockway township:
- German (48.6%)
- Polish (20.3%)
- Norwegian (6.5%)
- Irish (3.5%)
- Swedish (3.5%)
- Slovene (2.4%)
- United States or American (2.3%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Russia (25%)
- India (25%)
- Canada (25%)
- Germany (13%)
- Philippines (13%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,115 (81%)
- Carpooled: 133 (10%)
- Bicycle: 3 (0%)
- Walked: 28 (2%)
- Worked at home: 92 (7%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (29%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (28%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (16%)
- Wood (13%)
- Electricity (13%)
4 people in homes for the mentally retarded
97.2% of residents of Brockway township speak English at home.
0.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (6% speak English very well, 71% speak English well, 24% speak English not well).
2.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (55% speak English very well, 29% speak English well, 16% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,569- In family households: 2,371 (591 male householders, 122 female householders)
620 spouses, 998 children (935 natural, 25 adopted, 38 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 3 brothers or sisters, 7 parents, 2 other relatives, 28 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 198 (123 male householders (100 living alone)), 39 female householders (31 living alone)), 36 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 227 2-persons, 168 3-persons, 181 4-persons, 106 5-persons, 17 6-persons, 14 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 131 1-person, 29 2-persons, 2 3-persons,
698 married couples with children.
85 single-parent households (50 men, 35 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 27
Here: | 7.7% |
Minnesota: | 11.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 3
Here: | 1.4% |
Minnesota: | 6.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 10
Here: | 18.9% |
Minnesota: | 24.6% |