Chaska township, Carver County, Minnesota (MN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 103 (42% naturalized citizens)
Chaska township: | 102.6% |
Whole state: | 5.3% |
57% of Chaska township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 75% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 47% lived in Minnesota.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 7676
- Northeast: 324
- Midwest: 1469
- South: 425
- West: 134
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $150,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 1.5%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 3,161
- One, attached: 58
- Two: 36
- 3 or 4: 28
- 5 to 9: 7
- 10 to 19: 19
- 20 to 49: 4
- 50 or more: 5
- Mobile homes: 100
Median worth of mobile homes: $12,100
Housing units in Chaska township with a mortgage: 2,012 (251 second mortgage, 248 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 559
- Construction (14%)
- Transportation equipment (8%)
- Metal and metal products (7%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Machinery (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Health care (18%)
- Educational services (14%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (4%)
- Construction (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Engineers (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (8%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Chaska township:
- German (43.8%)
- United States or American (11.7%)
- English (8.4%)
- Irish (6.5%)
- French (except Basque) (4.7%)
- Swiss (2.8%)
- Italian (2.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Canada (33%)
- Philippines (16%)
- Japan (8%)
- India (8%)
- Germany (5%)
- Greece (5%)
- Vietnam (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 4,354 (86%)
- Carpooled: 456 (9%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 10 (0%)
- Subway or elevated: 4 (0%)
- Bicycle: 2 (0%)
- Walked: 35 (1%)
- Other means: 4 (0%)
- Worked at home: 215 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (66%)
- Electricity (22%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (8%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
- Coal or coke (1%)
- Other fuel (1%)
- Wood (1%)
93.6% of residents of Chaska township speak English at home.
1.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (98% speak English very well, 2% speak English not well).
4.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (82% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 1% speak English not well).
0.6% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (30% speak English very well, 34% speak English well, 36% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 10,223- In family households: 9,665 (2,614 male householders, 242 female householders)
2,682 spouses, 3,951 children (3,682 natural, 77 adopted, 192 stepchildren), 66 grandchildren, 7 brothers or sisters, 49 parents, 26 other relatives, 28 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 558 (206 male householders (171 living alone)), 279 female householders (264 living alone)), 73 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 68 (55 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,074 2-persons, 506 3-persons, 704 4-persons, 349 5-persons, 148 6-persons, 75 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 435 1-person, 34 2-persons, 13 3-persons, 3 5-persons,
30 married couples with children.
5 single-parent households (2 men, 3 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 368
Here: | 22.4% |
Minnesota: | 11.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 139
Here: | 19.4% |
Minnesota: | 6.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 71
Here: | 18.6% |
Minnesota: | 24.6% |