Walcott township, Rice County, Minnesota (MN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (53% naturalized citizens)
| Walcott township: | 1.7% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
65% of Walcott township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 58% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 80% lived in Minnesota.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 856
- Northeast: 10
- Midwest: 69
- South: 22
- West: 7
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $137,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.7%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
6 people in unknown juvenile institutions
3 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 313
- Mobile homes: 29
Median worth of mobile homes: $51,300
Housing units in Walcott township with a mortgage: 102 (10 second mortgage, 22 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 27
- Construction (15%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (14%)
- Repair and maintenance (7%)
- Machinery (6%)
- Metal and metal products (4%)
- Food (3%)
- Public administration (3%)
- Health care (21%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Social assistance (6%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Personal and laundry services (4%)
- Farmers and farm managers (12%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Health technologists and technicians (7%)
- Counselors, social workers, and other community and social service specialists (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Walcott township:
- German (45.4%)
- Norwegian (11.9%)
- Irish (5.9%)
- Czech (5.7%)
- Dutch (4.6%)
- French (except Basque) (4.4%)
- English (3.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Korea (41%)
- Netherlands (29%)
- Canada (29%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 431 (79%)
- Carpooled: 54 (10%)
- Walked: 6 (1%)
- Other means: 1 (0%)
- Worked at home: 53 (10%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (73%)
- Utility gas (17%)
- Wood (5%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (3%)
- Electricity (1%)
6 people in unknown juvenile institutions
3 people in homes for the mentally retarded
97.1% of residents of Walcott township speak English at home.
0.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English well).
2.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 980- In family households: 906 (261 male householders, 20 female householders)
256 spouses, 338 children (306 natural, 9 adopted, 23 stepchildren), 8 grandchildren, 3 brothers or sisters, 9 parents, 4 other relatives, 7 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 74 (40 male householders (33 living alone)), 18 female householders (16 living alone)), 16 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 7 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 118 2-persons, 51 3-persons, 69 4-persons, 33 5-persons, 10 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 49 1-person, 5 2-persons, 2 3-persons, 2 4-persons,
263 married couples with children.
14 single-parent households (9 men, 5 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 31
| Here: | 25.0% |
| Minnesota: | 11.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 4
| Here: | 3.7% |
| Minnesota: | 6.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 4
| Here: | 15.4% |
| Minnesota: | 24.6% |