Gordon township, Todd County, Minnesota (MN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (100% naturalized citizens)
Gordon township: | 1.7% |
Whole state: | 5.3% |
72% of Gordon township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 19% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 87% lived in Minnesota.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 442
- Northeast: 2
- Midwest: 70
- South: 11
- West: 12
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $42,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.8%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 270
- One, attached: 4
- Mobile homes: 69
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 8
Median worth of mobile homes: $44,000
Housing units in Gordon township with a mortgage: 58 (0 second mortgage, 7 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 35
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (21%)
- Construction (17%)
- Truck transportation (12%)
- Food (6%)
- Nonmetallic mineral products (4%)
- Health care (4%)
- Machinery, equipment, and supplies merchant wholesalers (3%)
- Health care (26%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Food and beverage stores (6%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (17%)
- Farmers and farm managers (17%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Carpenters (5%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (4%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (4%)
- Health technologists and technicians (10%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (8%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Other healthcare support occupations (7%)
- Farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Cashiers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Gordon township:
- German (42.4%)
- Norwegian (31.8%)
- Swedish (5.9%)
- Irish (2.0%)
- Italian (2.0%)
- Polish (1.8%)
- Danish (1.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Taiwan (44%)
- Canada (33%)
- Sweden (22%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 192 (75%)
- Carpooled: 23 (9%)
- Walked: 7 (3%)
- Worked at home: 34 (13%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (62%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (16%)
- Wood (14%)
- Electricity (5%)
- Utility gas (2%)
- Other fuel (1%)
98.8% of residents of Gordon township speak English at home.
0.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
0.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 546- In family households: 478 (149 male householders, 15 female householders)
150 spouses, 147 children (127 natural, 4 adopted, 16 stepchildren), 6 grandchildren, 2 brothers or sisters, 3 parents, 6 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 68 (34 male householders (31 living alone)), 27 female householders (22 living alone)), 7 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 88 2-persons, 19 3-persons, 34 4-persons, 14 5-persons, 5 6-persons, 4 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 53 1-person, 8 2-persons,
129 married couples with children.
6 single-parent households (1 men, 5 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 2
Here: | 3.6% |
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% |