Sylvan township, Cass County, Minnesota (MN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (44% naturalized citizens)
| Sylvan township: | 0.5% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
61% of Sylvan township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 26% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 85% lived in Minnesota.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1522
- Northeast: 17
- Midwest: 262
- South: 24
- West: 89
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $55,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.0%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
3 people in mental (psychiatric) hospitals or wards
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 832
- One, attached: 12
- Two: 10
- 3 or 4: 10
- Mobile homes: 198
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 28
Median worth of mobile homes: $37,500
Housing units in Sylvan township with a mortgage: 267 (29 second mortgage, 47 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 100
- Construction (21%)
- Paper (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Health care (17%)
- Accommodation and food services (10%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
- Carpenters (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (4%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
- Cashiers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Sylvan township:
- German (32.9%)
- Norwegian (14.6%)
- United States or American (9.3%)
- Irish (8.1%)
- Swedish (7.8%)
- Polish (4.7%)
- English (3.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (33%)
- United Kingdom (22%)
- Ghana (22%)
- Canada (22%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 760 (81%)
- Carpooled: 123 (13%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 5 (1%)
- Walked: 6 (1%)
- Other means: 7 (1%)
- Worked at home: 43 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (62%)
- Electricity (12%)
- Wood (11%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (9%)
- Utility gas (5%)
- Other fuel (1%)
- No fuel used (1%)
3 people in mental (psychiatric) hospitals or wards
97.1% of residents of Sylvan township speak English at home.
1.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (88% speak English very well, 13% speak English not well).
1.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (57% speak English very well, 43% speak English well).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (67% speak English very well, 33% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,929- In family households: 1,746 (485 male householders, 66 female householders)
492 spouses, 624 children (603 natural, 6 adopted, 15 stepchildren), 16 grandchildren, 4 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 8 other relatives, 51 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 183 (78 male householders (54 living alone)), 69 female householders (64 living alone)), 36 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 3 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 253 2-persons, 112 3-persons, 116 4-persons, 41 5-persons, 15 6-persons, 14 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 118 1-person, 27 2-persons, 2 4-persons,
452 married couples with children.
86 single-parent households (41 men, 45 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 13
| Here: | 4.4% |
| 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: 4
| Here: | 8.2% |
| Minnesota: | 24.6% |