Prior township, Big Stone County, Minnesota (MN) detailed profile
Land area: 44.5 sq. mi.
Water area: 3.4 sq. mi.
Population: 223 (all rural)
Males: 121 | (54.3%) |
Females: 102 | (45.7%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 223 (187 owner occupied, 36 renter occupied)
% of renters here: | 16% |
State: | 25% |
Races in Prior township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 96.0%
- Asian: 3.6%
- Two or more races: 0.4%
Median age of males: 43.1
Median age of females: 45.0
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Average household size: 2.82
Prior township: | 2.8 people |
Minnesota: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 3.21
Prior township: | $46,983 |
Minnesota: | $60,702 |
Here: | $398 |
State: | $753 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $87,510 (it was $46,700 in 2000)
: | $87,510 |
Minnesota: | $180,100 |
Population density: 5 people per square mile | (very low). |
This township: | 21.5% |
Whole state: | 7.9% |
This township: | 21.5% |
Whole state: | 3.2% |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Cemeteries: West Saint Paul Cemetery (1), Bailey Cemetery (2), Mills Cemetery (3), Elim Cemetery (4), Lakeside Cemetery (5). Display/hide their locations on the map
Reservoir: Big Stone Lake (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Parks in Prior township include: Finberg State Wildlife Management Area (1), Big Stone Lake State Park (2). Display/hide their locations on the map
64% of Prior township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 86% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 20% lived in Minnesota.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 152
- Northeast: 2
- Midwest: 46
- South: 0
- West: 0
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $23,800
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.5%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 212
- Two: 7
- Mobile homes: 36
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 4
Median worth of mobile homes: $95,000
Housing units in Prior township with a mortgage: 10 (0 second mortgage, 2 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 14
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (33%)
- Construction (25%)
- Public administration (10%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (6%)
- Warehousing and storage (6%)
- Health care (6%)
- Food (4%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (27%)
- Food and beverage stores (19%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (15%)
- Social assistance (12%)
- Pharmacies and drug stores (8%)
- Warehousing and storage (8%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (8%)
- Farmers and farm managers (27%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (10%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (8%)
- Supervisors of construction and extraction workers (8%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (6%)
- Fire fighting and prevention workers including supervisors (6%)
- Customer service representatives (6%)
- Farmers and farm managers (19%)
- Other protective service workers including supervisors (15%)
- Cashiers (15%)
- Child care workers (12%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (12%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Computer specialists (8%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Prior township:
- German (42.5%)
- United States or American (18.0%)
- Norwegian (17.4%)
- Swedish (7.8%)
- English (3.6%)
- Czech (3.0%)
- Dutch (3.0%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 49 (63%)
- Carpooled: 6 (8%)
- Walked: 7 (9%)
- Worked at home: 16 (21%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (62%)
- Electricity (14%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (7%)
- Wood (7%)
- No fuel used (5%)
- Utility gas (3%)
- Coal or coke (3%)
76.8% of residents of Prior township speak English at home.
1.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
22.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (37% speak English very well, 53% speak English well, 9% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 200- In family households: 180 (51 male householders, 3 female householders)
46 spouses, 69 children (69 natural, 0 adopted, 0 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 3 brothers or sisters, 5 parents, 2 other relatives, 1 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 20 (13 male householders (10 living alone)), 5 female householders (5 living alone)), 2 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 26 2-persons, 9 3-persons, 9 4-persons, 4 6-persons, 6 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 15 1-person, 3 2-persons,
56 married couples with children.
1 single-parent households (1 men, 0 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: 0
Here: | 0.0% |
Minnesota: | 24.6% |