Acton township, Meeker County, Minnesota (MN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (0% naturalized citizens)
| Acton township: | 0.5% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
75% of Acton township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 37% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 74% lived in Minnesota.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 356
- Northeast: 2
- Midwest: 27
- South: 6
- West: 2
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $65,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 1.9%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 162
- Mobile homes: 21
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 4
Median worth of mobile homes: $95,000
Housing units in Acton township with a mortgage: 48 (5 second mortgage, 7 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 39
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (31%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Food (7%)
- Transportation equipment (5%)
- Computer and electronic products (4%)
- Machinery, equipment, and supplies merchant wholesalers (4%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (4%)
- Educational services (15%)
- Health care (10%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (8%)
- Computer and electronic products (8%)
- Used merchandise, gift, novelty, and souvenir, and other miscellaneous stores (7%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Social assistance (6%)
- Farmers and farm managers (21%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (9%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Cashiers (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Acton township:
- German (32.2%)
- Norwegian (32.2%)
- Swedish (12.3%)
- Irish (5.4%)
- Scandinavian (3.3%)
- English (3.0%)
- United States or American (2.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 143 (71%)
- Carpooled: 23 (11%)
- Worked at home: 36 (18%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (48%)
- Electricity (25%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (14%)
- Utility gas (7%)
- Wood (7%)
96.2% of residents of Acton township speak English at home.
2.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (50% speak English well, 50% speak English not well).
1.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.5% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 395- In family households: 343 (92 male householders, 13 female householders)
102 spouses, 127 children (119 natural, 2 adopted, 6 stepchildren), 3 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 6 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 52 (32 male householders (32 living alone)), 20 female householders (20 living alone)), 0 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 45 2-persons, 18 3-persons, 31 4-persons, 6 5-persons, 5 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 52 1-person,
76 married couples with children.
15 single-parent households (3 men, 12 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 6
| Here: | 13.0% |
| 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% |