Chester township, Polk County, Minnesota (MN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 8 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Chester township: | 7.6% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
60% of Chester township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 46% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 72% lived in Minnesota.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2288
- Northeast: 32
- Midwest: 344
- South: 127
- West: 17
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $39,600
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 7.1%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 3.6% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 984
- One, attached: 9
- Two: 62
- 3 or 4: 13
- 5 to 9: 31
- 10 to 19: 26
- 20 to 49: 21
- Mobile homes: 7
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 4
Median worth of mobile homes: $65,000
Housing units in Chester township with a mortgage: 469 (40 second mortgage, 74 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 260
- Construction (13%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (9%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (8%)
- Plastics and rubber products (6%)
- Transportation equipment (5%)
- Metal and metal products (4%)
- Educational services (21%)
- Health care (19%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Plastics and rubber products (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (3%)
- Public administration (3%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (8%)
- Farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Carpenters (6%)
- Top executives (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (5%)
- Cashiers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Chester township:
- German (31.8%)
- United States or American (21.1%)
- French (except Basque) (9.4%)
- Irish (8.7%)
- English (6.6%)
- Dutch (2.7%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Other Northern Europe (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,167 (84%)
- Carpooled: 148 (11%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 4 (0%)
- Walked: 23 (2%)
- Other means: 6 (0%)
- Worked at home: 39 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (78%)
- Electricity (11%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (9%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
97.1% of residents of Chester township speak English at home.
1.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (81% speak English very well, 10% speak English well, 10% speak English not well).
1.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,715- In family households: 2,311 (604 male householders, 132 female householders)
622 spouses, 863 children (728 natural, 48 adopted, 87 stepchildren), 30 grandchildren, 4 brothers or sisters, 20 parents, 13 other relatives, 23 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 404 (150 male householders (125 living alone)), 204 female householders (192 living alone)), 50 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 110 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 326 2-persons, 126 3-persons, 168 4-persons, 89 5-persons, 18 6-persons, 9 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 317 1-person, 26 2-persons, 4 3-persons, 7 4-persons,
21 married couples with children.
2 single-parent households (0 men, 2 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 68
| Here: | 18.7% |
| Minnesota: | 11.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Minnesota: | 6.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 8
| Here: | 20.5% |
| Minnesota: | 24.6% |