Buse township, Otter Tail County, Minnesota (MN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (58% naturalized citizens)
| Buse township: | 1.7% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
71% of Buse township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 59% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 46% lived in Minnesota.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2474
- Northeast: 303
- Midwest: 79
- South: 234
- West: 52
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $27,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 8.9%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 987
- Two: 64
- 3 or 4: 11
- 5 to 9: 15
- Mobile homes: 87
Median worth of mobile homes: $39,200
Housing units in Buse township with a mortgage: 450 (44 second mortgage, 80 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 211
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (10%)
- Construction (9%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (8%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Food (6%)
- Health care (6%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Health care (26%)
- Social assistance (11%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (8%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (6%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Child care workers (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Buse township:
- German (21.4%)
- United States or American (17.6%)
- English (14.4%)
- Irish (11.7%)
- Italian (9.8%)
- Polish (3.9%)
- Slovak (3.9%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (58%)
- Japan (42%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,245 (83%)
- Carpooled: 170 (11%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 3 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 4 (0%)
- Walked: 31 (2%)
- Other means: 8 (1%)
- Worked at home: 32 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (43%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (23%)
- Electricity (21%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (10%)
- Wood (2%)
- Other fuel (1%)
97.7% of residents of Buse township speak English at home.
0.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (38% speak English very well, 62% speak English not well).
1.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (50% speak English well, 50% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,154- In family households: 2,939 (753 male householders, 164 female householders)
824 spouses, 1,060 children (934 natural, 12 adopted, 114 stepchildren), 32 grandchildren, 8 brothers or sisters, 17 parents, 67 other relatives, 14 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 215 (109 male householders (109 living alone)), 92 female householders (78 living alone)), 14 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 355 2-persons, 230 3-persons, 184 4-persons, 87 5-persons, 39 6-persons, 22 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 187 1-person, 14 2-persons,
157 married couples with children.
41 single-parent households (12 men, 29 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: 7
| Here: | 8.6% |
| Minnesota: | 24.6% |