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Ford township, Kanabec County, Minnesota (MN) detailed profile

Number of foreign born residents: 2 (100% naturalized citizens)

Ford township:

1.7%
Whole state:

5.3%

67% of Ford township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 23% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 84% lived in Minnesota.

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

  • This state: 135
  • Northeast: 0
  • Midwest: 27
  • South: 6
  • West: 8

Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 9.9%

No gay or lesbian households reported
Ford township, MN map Ford township, Minnesota satellite photo by USGS

Housing units in structures:


Median worth of mobile homes: $43,000


Housing units in Ford township with a mortgage: 4 (2 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 0

Year house built

  • 1999 to March 2000: 2
  • 1995 to 1998: 13
  • 1990 to 1994: 4
  • 1980 to 1989: 16
  • 1970 to 1979: 46
  • 1960 to 1969: 10
  • 1950 to 1959: 13
  • 1940 to 1949: 0
  • 1939 or earlier: 9

Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Ford township, Minnesota:

  • 1 room: 0
  • 2 rooms: 0
  • 3 rooms: 0
  • 4 rooms: 19
  • 5 rooms: 8
  • 6 rooms: 11
  • 7 rooms: 16
  • 8 rooms: 9
  • 9 or more rooms: 4

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Ford township, Minnesota:

  • 1 room: 0
  • 2 rooms: 0
  • 3 rooms: 4
  • 4 rooms: 0
  • 5 rooms: 0
  • 6 rooms: 2
  • 7 rooms: 0
  • 8 rooms: 0
  • 9 or more rooms: 0

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Ford township:

  • no bedroom: 0
  • 1 bedroom: 3
  • 2 bedrooms: 23
  • 3 bedrooms: 31
  • 4 bedrooms: 6
  • 5 or more bedrooms: 4

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Ford township:

  • no bedroom: 0
  • 1 bedroom: 4
  • 2 bedrooms: 0
  • 3 bedrooms: 2
  • 4 bedrooms: 0
  • 5 or more bedrooms: 0

Cars and other vehicles available in Ford township in owner-occupied houses/condos:

  • no vehicle: 0
  • 1 vehicle: 13
  • 2 vehicles: 25
  • 3 vehicles: 27
  • 4 vehicles: 2
  • 5 or more vehicles: 0

Cars and other vehicles available in Ford township in renter-occupied apartments

  • no vehicle: 2
  • 1 vehicle: 2
  • 2 vehicles: 0
  • 3 vehicles: 2
  • 4 vehicles: 0
  • 5 or more vehicles: 0

Owners and renters by unit type in %

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders ($)

Most common industries for males (%):

  • Construction (30%)
  • Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (23%)
  • Electronic shopping and mail-order houses (9%)
  • Gasoline stations (7%)
  • Metal and metal products (5%)
  • Machinery (5%)
  • Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (5%)

Most common industries for females (%):

  • Plastics and rubber products (17%)
  • Food and beverage stores (10%)
  • Pharmacies and drug stores (10%)
  • Public administration (10%)
  • Food (7%)
  • Miscellaneous manufacturing (7%)
  • Arts, entertainment, and recreation (7%)

Most common occupations for males (%)

  • Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (16%)
  • Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (14%)
  • Farmers and farm managers (11%)
  • Fishing and hunting, and forest and logging workers (11%)
  • Metal workers and plastic workers (9%)
  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
  • Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (7%)

Most common occupations for females (%)

  • Metal workers and plastic workers (17%)
  • Cashiers (12%)
  • Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (10%)
  • Assemblers and fabricators (7%)
  • Food processing workers (7%)
  • Farmers and farm managers (5%)
  • Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)

Class of Workers

Most common first ancestries reported in Ford township:

  • Swedish (35.8%)
  • German (18.2%)
  • French (except Basque) (10.8%)
  • Norwegian (8.1%)
  • Dutch (6.8%)
  • English (6.1%)
  • Irish (4.7%)

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:

  • Korea (100%)

Means of transportation to work:

Most commonly used house heating fuel:

  • Wood (32%)
  • Bottled, tank, or LP gas (27%)
  • Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (25%)
  • Electricity (14%)
  • No fuel used (3%)

All residents speak only English at home

Household type by relationship:

Households: 180

Size of family households: 20 2-persons, 10 3-persons, 12 4-persons, 4 5-persons, 1 6-persons,

Size of nonfamily households: 19 1-person, 2 2-persons,

34 married couples with children.
10 single-parent households (7 men, 3 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%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
Here:

0.0%
Minnesota:

24.6%

Educational Attainment (%)

School Enrollment by Level of School (%)


Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninstitutionalized)

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Ford township:

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