Gorman township, Otter Tail County, Minnesota (MN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Gorman township: | 0.5% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
72% of Gorman township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 64% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 55% lived in Minnesota.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 346
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 71
- South: 4
- West: 12
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.0%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 230
- Mobile homes: 13
Median worth of mobile homes: $50,000
Housing units in Gorman township with a mortgage: 42 (2 second mortgage, 6 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 19
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (24%)
- Construction (19%)
- Food (10%)
- Transportation equipment (4%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (4%)
- Educational services (22%)
- Health care (14%)
- Accommodation and food services (10%)
- Finance and insurance (9%)
- Food (7%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (3%)
- Farmers and farm managers (16%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Electricians (10%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Business operations specialists (4%)
- Supervisors of construction and extraction workers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (6%)
- Waiters and waitresses (6%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Business operations specialists (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Gorman township:
- German (49.2%)
- Norwegian (9.5%)
- Polish (8.8%)
- United States or American (6.7%)
- Swedish (6.2%)
- Irish (4.4%)
- Danish (2.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Guatemala (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 172 (73%)
- Carpooled: 30 (13%)
- Bicycle: 3 (1%)
- Walked: 9 (4%)
- Worked at home: 21 (9%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (31%)
- Utility gas (23%)
- Wood (22%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (17%)
- Electricity (7%)
98.3% of residents of Gorman township speak English at home.
0.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
1.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 435- In family households: 410 (114 male householders, 19 female householders)
131 spouses, 144 children (138 natural, 6 adopted, 0 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 2 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 25 (18 male householders (18 living alone)), 4 female householders (2 living alone)), 3 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 59 2-persons, 37 3-persons, 17 4-persons, 10 5-persons, 3 6-persons, 7 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 20 1-person, 2 2-persons,
97 married couples with children.
9 single-parent households (3 men, 6 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 7
| Here: | 14.9% |
| Minnesota: | 11.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 1
| Here: | 2.5% |
| Minnesota: | 6.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 4
| Here: | 28.6% |
| Minnesota: | 24.6% |