Eglon township, Clay County, Minnesota (MN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (25% naturalized citizens)
| Eglon township: | 1.8% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
70% of Eglon township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 58% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 63% lived in Minnesota.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 253
- Northeast: 2
- Midwest: 172
- South: 2
- West: 21
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.6%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 138
- Mobile homes: 17
Median worth of mobile homes: $35,000
Housing units in Eglon township with a mortgage: 30 (5 second mortgage, 3 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 15
- Construction (23%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (18%)
- Food (13%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (5%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Machinery (3%)
- Educational services (19%)
- Health care (15%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (11%)
- Public administration (9%)
- Social assistance (8%)
- Groceries and related products merchant wholesalers (4%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (12%)
- Farmers and farm managers (11%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (9%)
- Operations specialties managers except financial managers (5%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (5%)
- Supervisors of construction and extraction workers (5%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (14%)
- Child care workers (8%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (6%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Eglon township:
- Norwegian (56.8%)
- German (26.1%)
- Swedish (4.3%)
- United States or American (3.8%)
- English (1.2%)
- Irish (1.2%)
- Danish (1.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Canada (50%)
- Germany (25%)
- Brazil (25%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 184 (82%)
- Carpooled: 20 (9%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 2 (1%)
- Walked: 2 (1%)
- Other means: 2 (1%)
- Worked at home: 15 (7%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (38%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (24%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (21%)
- Wood (17%)
93.9% of residents of Eglon township speak English at home.
6.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (85% speak English very well, 7% speak English well, 7% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 460- In family households: 449 (128 male householders, 7 female householders)
121 spouses, 175 children (154 natural, 0 adopted, 21 stepchildren), 1 grandchildren, 4 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 13 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 11 (11 male householders (11 living alone)), 0 female householders (0 living alone)), 0 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 48 2-persons, 34 3-persons, 29 4-persons, 13 5-persons, 8 6-persons, 3 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 11 1-person,
118 married couples with children.
13 single-parent households (8 men, 5 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 3
| Here: | 3.3% |
| 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: 2
| Here: | 33.3% |
| Minnesota: | 24.6% |