Bridgewater township, Rice County, Minnesota (MN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 3 (63% naturalized citizens)
| Bridgewater township: | 2.5% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
73% of Bridgewater township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 49% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 61% lived in Minnesota.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1438
- Northeast: 40
- Midwest: 277
- South: 47
- West: 88
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $112,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.9%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.5% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
11 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 606
- One, attached: 4
- Two: 4
- 20 to 49: 2
- Mobile homes: 23
Median worth of mobile homes: $26,300
Housing units in Bridgewater township with a mortgage: 318 (65 second mortgage, 67 home equity loan, 4 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 62
- Construction (12%)
- Food (10%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Machinery (5%)
- Other transportation, and support activities, and couriers (5%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (4%)
- Educational services (28%)
- Computer and electronic products (7%)
- Health care (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Food (3%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (3%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Air transportation workers (4%)
- Postsecondary teachers (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (3%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (8%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Bridgewater township:
- German (32.4%)
- Norwegian (19.6%)
- Irish (8.4%)
- English (5.1%)
- Swedish (4.5%)
- Czech (4.1%)
- United States or American (3.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (35%)
- Russia (15%)
- Korea (13%)
- Poland (6%)
- Greece (4%)
- Taiwan (4%)
- Philippines (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 809 (76%)
- Carpooled: 149 (14%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 2 (0%)
- Walked: 21 (2%)
- Worked at home: 77 (7%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (47%)
- Utility gas (41%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (6%)
- Electricity (4%)
- Wood (2%)
11 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
95.6% of residents of Bridgewater township speak English at home.
2.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (43% speak English very well, 13% speak English well, 33% speak English not well, 13% don't speak English at all).
1.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (88% speak English very well, 9% speak English well, 3% speak English not well).
0.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (75% speak English very well, 25% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,934- In family households: 1,820 (483 male householders, 84 female householders)
507 spouses, 688 children (622 natural, 32 adopted, 34 stepchildren), 2 grandchildren, 9 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 15 other relatives, 32 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 114 (57 male householders (46 living alone)), 29 female householders (23 living alone)), 28 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 13 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 208 2-persons, 126 3-persons, 137 4-persons, 57 5-persons, 25 6-persons, 14 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 69 1-person, 13 2-persons, 4 3-persons,
523 married couples with children.
40 single-parent households (12 men, 28 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 50
| Here: | 15.2% |
| Minnesota: | 11.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 9
| Here: | 5.4% |
| Minnesota: | 6.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 29
| Here: | 46.0% |
| Minnesota: | 24.6% |