Homer township, Winona County, Minnesota (MN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (58% naturalized citizens)
| Homer township: | 1.3% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
74% of Homer township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 73% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 29% lived in Minnesota.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 872
- Northeast: 32
- Midwest: 448
- South: 19
- West: 47
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $75,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.8%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.9% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 522
- One, attached: 5
- Two: 6
- 3 or 4: 3
- Mobile homes: 30
Median worth of mobile homes: $29,400
Housing units in Homer township with a mortgage: 197 (26 second mortgage, 36 home equity loan, 3 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 99
- Construction (11%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Health care (5%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
- Machinery (4%)
- Computer and electronic products (4%)
- Health care (18%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Computer and electronic products (7%)
- Social assistance (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (3%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Registered nurses (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (5%)
- Accountants and auditors (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Homer township:
- German (39.6%)
- Norwegian (13.1%)
- Polish (12.1%)
- English (6.8%)
- Irish (5.8%)
- United States or American (5.1%)
- Swedish (3.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Philippines (21%)
- Germany (16%)
- United Kingdom (11%)
- Iran (11%)
- Lebanon (11%)
- Other Western Asia (11%)
- Other Eastern Africa (11%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 665 (81%)
- Carpooled: 109 (13%)
- Walked: 4 (0%)
- Other means: 2 (0%)
- Worked at home: 42 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (44%)
- Utility gas (24%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (17%)
- Electricity (9%)
- Wood (5%)
96.3% of residents of Homer township speak English at home.
2.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (67% speak English very well, 28% speak English well, 6% speak English not well).
0.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (50% speak English very well, 50% speak English well).
0.4% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,442- In family households: 1,320 (384 male householders, 48 female householders)
409 spouses, 433 children (400 natural, 7 adopted, 26 stepchildren), 12 grandchildren, 2 brothers or sisters, 12 parents, 5 other relatives, 15 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 122 (43 male householders (29 living alone)), 46 female householders (31 living alone)), 33 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 185 2-persons, 100 3-persons, 111 4-persons, 21 5-persons, 11 6-persons, 4 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 60 1-person, 25 2-persons, 4 3-persons,
326 married couples with children.
39 single-parent households (17 men, 22 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 59
| Here: | 31.9% |
| Minnesota: | 11.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 17
| Here: | 16.8% |
| Minnesota: | 6.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 11
| Here: | 26.8% |
| Minnesota: | 24.6% |