Pleasant Lake township, Benson County, North Dakota (ND) detailed profile
Land area: 34.0 sq. mi.
Water area: 2.5 sq. mi.
Population: 80 (all rural)
| Males: 40 |  (50.0%) |
| Females: 40 |  (50.0%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 80 (65 owner occupied, 15 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 19% |
| State: | 33% |
Races in Pleasant Lake township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 100.0%
Median age of males: 31.0
Median age of females: 27.0
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Average household size: 3.20
| Pleasant Lake township: | 3.2 people |
| North Dakota: | 2.4 people |
Average family size: 3.45
| Pleasant Lake township: | $37,861 |
| North Dakota: | $55,759 |
| Here: | $244 |
| State: | $622 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $61,972 (it was $32,200 in 2000)
| : | $61,972 |
| North Dakota: | $155,400 |
| Population density: 2 people per square mile | (very low). |
| This township: | 27.5% |
| Whole state: | 11.9% |
| This township: | 27.5% |
| Whole state: | 4.9% |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Lakes: Mud Lake (A), Horseshoe Lake (B), Broken Bone Lake (C). Display/hide their locations on the map
Parks in Pleasant Lake township include: Pleasant Lake National Wildlife Refuge (1), Knox Slough State Game Management Area (2). Display/hide their locations on the map
100% of Pleasant Lake township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 81
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 0
- South: 10
- West: 0
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $12,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.0%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 31
Housing units in Pleasant Lake township with a mortgage: 0 (0 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 5
- Construction (17%)
- Machinery (12%)
- Health care (8%)
- Repair and maintenance (6%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
- Health care (25%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Printing and related support activities (6%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (11%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Construction laborers (4%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Health technologists and technicians (6%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Other food preparation and serving workers including supervisors (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Pleasant Lake township:
- Norwegian (90.7%)
- French (except Basque) (9.3%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 16 (67%)
- Carpooled: 8 (33%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (83%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (17%)
All residents speak only English at home
Household type by relationship:
Households: 91- In family households: 86 (28 male householders, 0 female householders)
18 spouses, 30 children (30 natural, 0 adopted, 0 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 10 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 5 (0 male householders (0 living alone)), 5 female householders (5 living alone)), 0 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 21 2-persons, 7 5-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 5 1-person,
27 married couples with children.
5 single-parent households (5 men, 0 women).
| Here: | 0.0% |
| North Dakota: | 6.0% |