Rapidan township, Blue Earth County, Minnesota (MN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (42% naturalized citizens)
Rapidan township: | 1.1% |
Whole state: | 5.3% |
74% of Rapidan township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 62% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 75% lived in Minnesota.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 921
- Northeast: 19
- Midwest: 85
- South: 20
- West: 12
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $27,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.3%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 385
- One, attached: 4
- Two: 2
- 5 to 9: 2
- Mobile homes: 20
Median worth of mobile homes: $30,000
Housing units in Rapidan township with a mortgage: 151 (13 second mortgage, 31 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 66
- Construction (18%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (12%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (7%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Health care (4%)
- U. S. Postal service (4%)
- Educational services (18%)
- Health care (14%)
- Finance and insurance (9%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (7%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Printing and related support activities (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (9%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (9%)
- Registered nurses (7%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Child care workers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Rapidan township:
- German (50.2%)
- Norwegian (14.9%)
- Irish (7.2%)
- United States or American (6.9%)
- English (3.3%)
- Swedish (3.1%)
- French (except Basque) (2.3%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Russia (33%)
- India (25%)
- Canada (25%)
- Germany (17%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 502 (83%)
- Carpooled: 30 (5%)
- Bicycle: 2 (0%)
- Walked: 9 (1%)
- Other means: 6 (1%)
- Worked at home: 54 (9%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (53%)
- Utility gas (26%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (13%)
- Wood (4%)
- Electricity (3%)
- Other fuel (1%)
96.8% of residents of Rapidan township speak English at home.
1.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (80% speak English very well, 20% speak English not well).
1.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (75% speak English very well, 25% speak English well).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.7% of residents speak other language at home (71% speak English very well, 29% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,069- In family households: 967 (278 male householders, 36 female householders)
293 spouses, 344 children (321 natural, 18 adopted, 5 stepchildren), 4 grandchildren, 5 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 3 other relatives, 4 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 102 (59 male householders (51 living alone)), 32 female householders (27 living alone)), 11 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 137 2-persons, 68 3-persons, 67 4-persons, 30 5-persons, 9 6-persons, 3 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 78 1-person, 13 2-persons,
243 married couples with children.
27 single-parent households (11 men, 16 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 22
Here: | 14.8% |
Minnesota: | 11.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 13
Here: | 19.4% |
Minnesota: | 6.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 7
Here: | 12.5% |
Minnesota: | 24.6% |