Northland township, Polk County, Minnesota (MN) detailed profile
Land area: 36.2 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 196 (all rural)
| Males: 101 |  (51.5%) |
| Females: 95 |  (48.5%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 196 (182 owner occupied, 14 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 7% |
| State: | 25% |
Races in Northland township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 99.0%
- Two or more races: 0.5%
Median age of males: 40.5
Median age of females: 40.3
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Average household size: 2.84
| Northland township: | 2.8 people |
| Minnesota: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 3.19
| Northland township: | $52,139 |
| Minnesota: | $60,702 |
| Here: | $527 |
| State: | $753 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $122,782 (it was $72,700 in 2000)
| : | $122,782 |
| Minnesota: | $180,100 |
| Population density: 5 people per square mile | (very low). |
| This township: | 10.8% |
| Whole state: | 7.9% |
| This township: | 5.4% |
| Whole state: | 3.2% |
87% of Northland township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 17% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 68% lived in Minnesota.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 69
- Northeast: 5
- Midwest: 110
- South: 0
- West: 1
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $27,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 0.0%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 64
- Mobile homes: 6
Median worth of mobile homes: $42,500
Housing units in Northland township with a mortgage: 18 (7 second mortgage, 5 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 12
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (26%)
- Rail transportation (11%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (11%)
- Truck transportation (9%)
- Food (6%)
- Groceries and related products merchant wholesalers (6%)
- Repair and maintenance (6%)
- Educational services (43%)
- Health care (11%)
- Construction (9%)
- Repair and maintenance (7%)
- Personal and laundry services (7%)
- Clothing and accessories, including shoe, stores (5%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (26%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (15%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (11%)
- Other food preparation and serving workers including supervisors (6%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
- Architects, surveyors, and cartographers (4%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (23%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (11%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (11%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (7%)
- Personal appearance workers (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Postsecondary teachers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Northland township:
- Norwegian (27.0%)
- German (15.8%)
- Czech (13.2%)
- Irish (9.2%)
- Swedish (8.6%)
- Polish (7.2%)
- Czechoslovakian (5.9%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 68 (76%)
- Carpooled: 12 (13%)
- Worked at home: 9 (10%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (42%)
- Electricity (34%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (24%)
95.0% of residents of Northland township speak English at home.
2.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
2.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 185- In family households: 174 (47 male householders, 7 female householders)
40 spouses, 77 children (65 natural, 2 adopted, 10 stepchildren), 2 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 1 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 11 (7 male householders (7 living alone)), 3 female householders (2 living alone)), 1 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 22 2-persons, 9 3-persons, 13 4-persons, 3 5-persons, 7 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 9 1-person, 1 2-persons,
44 married couples with children.
8 single-parent households (1 men, 7 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 6
| Here: | 18.8% |
| 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: | 18.2% |
| Minnesota: | 24.6% |