Erie township, Becker County, Minnesota (MN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (63% naturalized citizens)
| Erie township: | 1.2% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
70% of Erie township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 42% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 56% lived in Minnesota.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1099
- Northeast: 13
- Midwest: 430
- South: 20
- West: 57
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $9,999
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.0%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
6 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 665
- One, attached: 4
- Mobile homes: 128
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 2
Median worth of mobile homes: $26,100
Housing units in Erie township with a mortgage: 166 (22 second mortgage, 22 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 83
- Construction (14%)
- Metal and metal products (7%)
- Repair and maintenance (6%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Machinery (4%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Health care (21%)
- Educational services (18%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Printing and related support activities (4%)
- Social assistance (3%)
- Food and beverage stores (3%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (10%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (8%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (5%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
- Other healthcare support occupations (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Erie township:
- German (35.9%)
- Norwegian (32.2%)
- Swedish (6.5%)
- Finnish (3.5%)
- English (2.5%)
- French (except Basque) (2.4%)
- Irish (2.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (16%)
- Ireland (16%)
- Other Northern Europe (16%)
- Iraq (16%)
- Canada (16%)
- Romania (11%)
- Mexico (11%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 646 (77%)
- Carpooled: 114 (14%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 5 (1%)
- Bicycle: 3 (0%)
- Walked: 8 (1%)
- Other means: 2 (0%)
- Worked at home: 57 (7%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (42%)
- Electricity (21%)
- Wood (19%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (14%)
- Utility gas (4%)
6 people in homes for the mentally retarded
96.3% of residents of Erie township speak English at home.
1.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (74% speak English very well, 26% speak English not well).
2.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (88% speak English very well, 12% speak English well).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (50% speak English very well, 50% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,642- In family households: 1,514 (420 male householders, 57 female householders)
416 spouses, 577 children (526 natural, 12 adopted, 39 stepchildren), 5 grandchildren, 2 brothers or sisters, 7 parents, 7 other relatives, 23 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 128 (57 male householders (42 living alone)), 47 female householders (44 living alone)), 24 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 225 2-persons, 76 3-persons, 84 4-persons, 65 5-persons, 16 6-persons, 11 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 86 1-person, 16 2-persons, 2 3-persons,
394 married couples with children.
66 single-parent households (31 men, 35 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 26
| Here: | 9.6% |
| Minnesota: | 11.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 8
| Here: | 4.9% |
| Minnesota: | 6.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 2
| Here: | 8.7% |
| Minnesota: | 24.6% |