Des Moines River township, Murray County, Minnesota (MN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 8 (100% naturalized citizens)
Des Moines River township: | 8.2% |
Whole state: | 5.3% |
51% of Des Moines River township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 55% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 76% lived in Minnesota.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 706
- Northeast: 2
- Midwest: 37
- South: 100
- West: 43
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $27,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 1.3%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 236
- Mobile homes: 93
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 4
Median worth of mobile homes: $28,300
Housing units in Des Moines River township with a mortgage: 62 (0 second mortgage, 9 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 50
- Construction (26%)
- Truck transportation (10%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (10%)
- Nonmetallic mineral products (7%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Water transportation (5%)
- Food (4%)
- Health care (20%)
- Educational services (14%)
- Construction (11%)
- Social assistance (9%)
- Truck transportation (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (19%)
- Supervisors of construction and extraction workers (7%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Material moving workers except supervisors and laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
- Accountants and auditors (7%)
- Health technologists and technicians (7%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (6%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Des Moines River township:
- United States or American (29.2%)
- German (27.9%)
- Irish (7.6%)
- English (5.7%)
- French (except Basque) (5.2%)
- Scotch-Irish (3.3%)
- Swedish (3.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Russia (60%)
- Korea (40%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 354 (78%)
- Carpooled: 74 (16%)
- Other means: 6 (1%)
- Worked at home: 22 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (63%)
- Electricity (30%)
- Wood (4%)
- No fuel used (2%)
- Utility gas (1%)
98.5% of residents of Des Moines River township speak English at home.
0.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
1.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (67% speak English very well, 33% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 909- In family households: 873 (229 male householders, 50 female householders)
251 spouses, 302 children (201 natural, 13 adopted, 88 stepchildren), 19 grandchildren, 7 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 6 other relatives, 9 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 36 (17 male householders (17 living alone)), 19 female householders (19 living alone)), 0 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 115 2-persons, 55 3-persons, 70 4-persons, 30 5-persons, 9 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 36 1-person,
38 married couples with children.
1 single-parent households (0 men, 1 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 12
Here: | 8.1% |
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: 0
Here: | 0.0% |
Minnesota: | 24.6% |