Shieldsville township, Rice County, Minnesota (MN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (100% naturalized citizens)
Shieldsville township: | 0.3% |
Whole state: | 5.3% |
72% of Shieldsville township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 54% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 94% lived in Minnesota.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 987
- Northeast: 9
- Midwest: 90
- South: 24
- West: 17
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $95,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 7.8%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.7% of all households
- Gay men: 0.5% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 443
- One, attached: 4
- 3 or 4: 6
- Mobile homes: 95
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 4
Median worth of mobile homes: $56,300
Housing units in Shieldsville township with a mortgage: 170 (35 second mortgage, 21 home equity loan, 2 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 60
- Construction (19%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (9%)
- Machinery (8%)
- Metal and metal products (6%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Food (4%)
- Health care (17%)
- Educational services (15%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Computer and electronic products (5%)
- Food (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (9%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
- Farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (3%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (10%)
- Health technologists and technicians (7%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (4%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Shieldsville township:
- German (36.4%)
- Norwegian (11.1%)
- Irish (10.7%)
- Czech (7.9%)
- United States or American (6.2%)
- French (except Basque) (4.9%)
- Czechoslovakian (4.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Other Western Europe (50%)
- Canada (50%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 529 (84%)
- Carpooled: 64 (10%)
- Motorcycle: 2 (0%)
- Walked: 7 (1%)
- Other means: 4 (1%)
- Worked at home: 27 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (86%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (5%)
- Wood (5%)
- Electricity (3%)
94.3% of residents of Shieldsville township speak English at home.
1.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (70% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 10% speak English not well).
3.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (95% speak English very well, 5% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,133- In family households: 995 (313 male householders, 17 female householders)
292 spouses, 325 children (301 natural, 6 adopted, 18 stepchildren), 12 grandchildren, 2 brothers or sisters, 2 parents, 6 other relatives, 26 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 138 (72 male householders (52 living alone)), 35 female householders (27 living alone)), 31 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 156 2-persons, 71 3-persons, 63 4-persons, 29 5-persons, 2 6-persons, 9 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 79 1-person, 24 2-persons, 2 3-persons, 2 4-persons,
236 married couples with children.
28 single-parent households (9 men, 19 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 23
Here: | 18.5% |
Minnesota: | 11.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 4
Here: | 5.7% |
Minnesota: | 6.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 2
Here: | 6.9% |
Minnesota: | 24.6% |