Sletten township, Polk County, Minnesota (MN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 24 (53% naturalized citizens)
Sletten township: | 24.3% |
Whole state: | 5.3% |
68% of Sletten township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 63% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 59% lived in Minnesota.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2321
- Northeast: 21
- Midwest: 441
- South: 58
- West: 70
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $32,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.4%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,402
- One, attached: 11
- Two: 38
- 3 or 4: 73
- 5 to 9: 24
- 10 to 19: 6
- 20 to 49: 15
- 50 or more: 2
- Mobile homes: 108
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 12
Median worth of mobile homes: $31,700
Housing units in Sletten township with a mortgage: 320 (5 second mortgage, 4 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 433
- Paper (27%)
- Construction (11%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (8%)
- Health care (7%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (3%)
- Health care (29%)
- Accommodation and food services (11%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Paper (6%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (11%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Plant and system operators (5%)
- Carpenters (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (9%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (8%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)
- Health technologists and technicians (4%)
- Waiters and waitresses (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Sletten township:
- Finnish (26.0%)
- German (19.1%)
- Polish (9.4%)
- French (except Basque) (6.1%)
- English (5.4%)
- Irish (4.9%)
- United States or American (4.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (38%)
- Canada (24%)
- Poland (15%)
- United Kingdom (6%)
- Other Northern Europe (6%)
- Hungary (6%)
- Japan (6%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 889 (77%)
- Carpooled: 119 (10%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 2 (0%)
- Bicycle: 2 (0%)
- Walked: 85 (7%)
- Other means: 9 (1%)
- Worked at home: 53 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (51%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (18%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (13%)
- Wood (10%)
- Electricity (8%)
- No fuel used (1%)
93.4% of residents of Sletten township speak English at home.
1.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (79% speak English very well, 9% speak English well, 12% speak English not well).
1.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (98% speak English very well, 2% speak English well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
3.4% of residents speak other language at home (84% speak English very well, 12% speak English well, 4% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,810- In family households: 2,280 (690 male householders, 117 female householders)
674 spouses, 696 children (659 natural, 22 adopted, 15 stepchildren), 21 grandchildren, 10 brothers or sisters, 8 parents, 17 other relatives, 47 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 530 (230 male householders (195 living alone)), 241 female householders (233 living alone)), 59 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 148 (137 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 443 2-persons, 170 3-persons, 118 4-persons, 67 5-persons, 6 6-persons, 3 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 428 1-person, 35 2-persons, 4 3-persons, 4 5-persons,
23 married couples with children.
5 single-parent households (5 men, 0 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 0
Here: | 0.0% |
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: 8
Here: | 15.7% |
Minnesota: | 24.6% |