Western township, Otter Tail County, Minnesota (MN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (0% naturalized citizens)
| Western township: | 2.1% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
76% of Western township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 83% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 0% lived in Minnesota.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 130
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 12
- South: 0
- West: 2
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.2%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 49
- Mobile homes: 2
Median worth of mobile homes: $112,500
Housing units in Western township with a mortgage: 16 (9 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 5
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (34%)
- Construction (14%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (9%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Metal and metal products (6%)
- Machinery (6%)
- Groceries and related products merchant wholesalers (6%)
- Food and beverage stores (14%)
- Health care (11%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (7%)
- Furniture and home furnishings, and household appliance stores (7%)
- Office supplies and stationery stores (7%)
- Truck transportation (7%)
- Publishing, and motion picture and sound recording industries (7%)
- Farmers and farm managers (26%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (14%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (11%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (9%)
- Material moving workers except supervisors and laborers and material movers, hand (9%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (14%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (14%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (14%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (14%)
- Farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Art and design workers (7%)
- Cashiers (7%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Western township:
- German (53.6%)
- Norwegian (14.3%)
- Scandinavian (9.5%)
- Irish (8.3%)
- Swedish (6.0%)
- Czechoslovakian (4.8%)
- European (2.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Canada (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 43 (70%)
- Walked: 6 (10%)
- Other means: 2 (3%)
- Worked at home: 10 (16%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (43%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (38%)
- Electricity (19%)
96.6% of residents of Western township speak English at home.
1.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English not well).
2.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 147- In family households: 139 (38 male householders, 4 female householders)
37 spouses, 60 children (53 natural, 5 adopted, 2 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 8 (2 male householders (2 living alone)), 2 female householders (0 living alone)), 4 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 16 2-persons, 9 3-persons, 2 4-persons, 15 5-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 2 1-person, 2 3-persons,
35 married couples with children.
2 single-parent households (0 men, 2 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: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Minnesota: | 24.6% |