Colfax township, Kandiyohi County, Minnesota (MN) detailed profile
Land area: 32.8 sq. mi.
Water area: 3.1 sq. mi.
Population: 557 (all rural)
| Males: 299 |  (53.7%) |
| Females: 258 |  (46.3%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 554 (516 owner occupied, 38 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 7% |
| State: | 25% |
Races in Colfax township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 97.7%
- Black: 0.5%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.2%
- Asian: 0.2%
- Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 0.2%
- Hispanic or Latino: 0.7%
- Two or more races: 0.5%
Median age of males: 39.3
Median age of females: 39.3
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Average household size: 2.64
| Colfax township: | 2.6 people |
| Minnesota: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 3.00
| Colfax township: | $51,798 |
| Minnesota: | $60,702 |
| Here: | $554 |
| State: | $753 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $155,083 (it was $91,700 in 2000)
| : | $155,083 |
| Minnesota: | $180,100 |
| Population density: 17 people per square mile | (low). |
| This township: | 14.1% |
| Whole state: | 7.9% |
| This township: | 7.7% |
| Whole state: | 3.2% |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Church in Colfax township: Swedish Church (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Cemetery: Colfax Cemetery (1). Display/hide its location on the map
Lakes and swamps: Dia Linn Lake (A), Skull Lake (B), Hystad Lake (C), Games Lake (D), Thompson Lake (E), Timber Lake (F), Prairie Lake (G), Fish Lake (H). Display/hide their locations on the map
Park in Colfax township: Broberg-Lundborg State Monument (1). Display/hide its location on the map
69% of Colfax township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 25% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 69% lived in Minnesota.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 485
- Northeast: 6
- Midwest: 170
- South: 93
- West: 73
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.3%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.5% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
3 people in other nonhousehold living situations
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 259
- Mobile homes: 256
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 23
Median worth of mobile homes: $47,500
Housing units in Colfax township with a mortgage: 65 (0 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 97
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (16%)
- Construction (15%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (8%)
- Repair and maintenance (8%)
- Truck transportation (7%)
- Machinery (7%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (4%)
- Health care (22%)
- Educational services (14%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Nonmetallic mineral products (4%)
- Furniture and home furnishings, and household appliance stores (4%)
- Farmers and farm managers (12%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (11%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (7%)
- Construction laborers (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (10%)
- Waiters and waitresses (8%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (8%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Counselors, social workers, and other community and social service specialists (4%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
- Health technologists and technicians (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Colfax township:
- United States or American (26.4%)
- German (22.2%)
- English (15.7%)
- Irish (9.4%)
- French (except Basque) (5.0%)
- Scotch-Irish (4.4%)
- Swedish (4.4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 171 (86%)
- Carpooled: 25 (13%)
- Worked at home: 3 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (46%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (43%)
- Wood (9%)
- Utility gas (2%)
3 people in other nonhousehold living situations
99.1% of residents of Colfax township speak English at home.
0.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 827- In family households: 706 (266 male householders, 23 female householders)
281 spouses, 108 children (108 natural, 0 adopted, 0 stepchildren), 15 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 13 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 121 (63 male householders (58 living alone)), 51 female householders (51 living alone)), 7 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 224 2-persons, 22 3-persons, 27 4-persons, 7 5-persons, 9 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 109 1-person, 5 2-persons,
111 married couples with children.
24 single-parent households (8 men, 16 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Minnesota: | 11.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Minnesota: | 6.8% |