Detroit township, Becker County, Minnesota (MN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Detroit township: | 1.2% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
66% of Detroit 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, 41% lived in Minnesota.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1599
- Northeast: 8
- Midwest: 537
- South: 41
- West: 97
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $9,999
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.3%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 991
- One, attached: 6
- Two: 9
- 3 or 4: 14
- 20 to 49: 5
- Mobile homes: 164
Median worth of mobile homes: $15,200
Housing units in Detroit township with a mortgage: 339 (31 second mortgage, 59 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 176
- Construction (19%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (7%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Metal and metal products (4%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Truck transportation (4%)
- Health care (19%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Personal and laundry services (3%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (9%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Carpenters (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (4%)
- Farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (8%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Health technologists and technicians (6%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Child care workers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Detroit township:
- Norwegian (34.8%)
- German (31.2%)
- Swedish (7.1%)
- English (4.3%)
- Irish (3.8%)
- United States or American (2.8%)
- Polish (2.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Korea (41%)
- United Kingdom (31%)
- Other Northern Europe (14%)
- Germany (14%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,000 (81%)
- Carpooled: 130 (11%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 4 (0%)
- Walked: 7 (1%)
- Other means: 4 (0%)
- Worked at home: 88 (7%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (43%)
- Electricity (24%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (19%)
- Utility gas (7%)
- Wood (7%)
96.6% of residents of Detroit township speak English at home.
1.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (66% speak English very well, 34% speak English not well).
1.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (74% speak English very well, 11% speak English well, 14% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,315- In family households: 2,058 (605 male householders, 79 female householders)
618 spouses, 677 children (608 natural, 24 adopted, 45 stepchildren), 12 grandchildren, 31 brothers or sisters, 11 parents, 7 other relatives, 18 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 257 (108 male householders (80 living alone)), 109 female householders (97 living alone)), 40 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 339 2-persons, 140 3-persons, 123 4-persons, 53 5-persons, 23 6-persons, 6 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 177 1-person, 40 2-persons,
490 married couples with children.
90 single-parent households (26 men, 64 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 14
| Here: | 5.4% |
| Minnesota: | 11.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 5
| Here: | 3.1% |
| Minnesota: | 6.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Minnesota: | 24.6% |