Wasioja township, Dodge County, Minnesota (MN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (0% naturalized citizens)
Wasioja township: | 0.6% |
Whole state: | 5.3% |
73% of Wasioja township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 52% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 69% lived in Minnesota.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 756
- Northeast: 18
- Midwest: 113
- South: 21
- West: 16
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $55,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.5%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 304
- Two: 6
- 5 to 9: 2
- 50 or more: 2
- Mobile homes: 19
Median worth of mobile homes: $14,400
Housing units in Wasioja township with a mortgage: 125 (25 second mortgage, 14 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 35
- Construction (19%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (16%)
- Health care (5%)
- Metals and minerals, except petroleum, merchant wholesalers (4%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Food (4%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Health care (27%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Farmers and farm managers (12%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Carpenters (4%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (9%)
- Health technologists and technicians (6%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (6%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (6%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Wasioja township:
- German (36.6%)
- Norwegian (23.9%)
- United States or American (6.2%)
- English (5.9%)
- Polish (3.9%)
- Irish (3.7%)
- European (2.9%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 384 (74%)
- Carpooled: 63 (12%)
- Bicycle: 2 (0%)
- Walked: 10 (2%)
- Worked at home: 61 (12%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (63%)
- Utility gas (15%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (10%)
- Wood (6%)
- Electricity (6%)
95.7% of residents of Wasioja township speak English at home.
3.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (64% speak English very well, 25% speak English not well, 11% don't speak English at all).
1.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 938- In family households: 886 (254 male householders, 23 female householders)
249 spouses, 328 children (316 natural, 5 adopted, 7 stepchildren), 13 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 3 other relatives, 16 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 52 (23 male householders (20 living alone)), 20 female householders (18 living alone)), 9 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 123 2-persons, 50 3-persons, 51 4-persons, 34 5-persons, 16 6-persons, 3 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 38 1-person, 2 2-persons, 3 3-persons,
258 married couples with children.
23 single-parent households (8 men, 15 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 22
Here: | 16.5% |
Minnesota: | 11.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 10
Here: | 11.5% |
Minnesota: | 6.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 5
Here: | 20.8% |
Minnesota: | 24.6% |