Great Bend township, Cottonwood County, Minnesota (MN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (100% naturalized citizens)
Great Bend township: | 0.6% |
Whole state: | 5.3% |
75% of Great Bend township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 56% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 24% lived in Minnesota.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 260
- Northeast: 2
- Midwest: 45
- South: 22
- West: 3
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $30,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.4%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 129
- One, attached: 2
- Two: 6
- Mobile homes: 7
Median worth of mobile homes: $9,999
Housing units in Great Bend township with a mortgage: 35 (0 second mortgage, 3 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 9
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (17%)
- Machinery (13%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (10%)
- Construction (8%)
- Wood products (7%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (7%)
- Repair and maintenance (6%)
- Health care (24%)
- Machinery (12%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (9%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (5%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Printing and related support activities (4%)
- Farmers and farm managers (16%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (11%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (10%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (11%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Counselors, social workers, and other community and social service specialists (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Other healthcare support occupations (5%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Great Bend township:
- German (42.1%)
- Norwegian (15.4%)
- Irish (11.2%)
- United States or American (7.3%)
- Dutch (6.2%)
- English (6.2%)
- Swedish (2.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- India (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 133 (75%)
- Carpooled: 30 (17%)
- Walked: 7 (4%)
- Worked at home: 7 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (57%)
- Utility gas (17%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (15%)
- Electricity (7%)
- Wood (4%)
91.8% of residents of Great Bend township speak English at home.
0.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
6.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (24% speak English very well, 76% speak English well).
0.7% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 334- In family households: 306 (88 male householders, 8 female householders)
77 spouses, 109 children (98 natural, 9 adopted, 2 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 4 brothers or sisters, 2 parents, 4 other relatives, 14 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 28 (20 male householders (20 living alone)), 7 female householders (5 living alone)), 1 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 43 2-persons, 19 3-persons, 21 4-persons, 7 5-persons, 6 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 25 1-person, 2 2-persons,
76 married couples with children.
9 single-parent households (8 men, 1 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 13
Here: | 28.9% |
Minnesota: | 11.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 3
Here: | 10.7% |
Minnesota: | 6.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
Here: | 0.0% |
Minnesota: | 24.6% |