Ridgely township, Nicollet County, Minnesota (MN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 6,196 (60% naturalized citizens)
| Ridgely township: | 6196.0% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
71% of Ridgely township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 91% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 50% lived in Minnesota.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 16418
- Northeast: 298
- Midwest: 953
- South: 342
- West: 157
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $174,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 13.6%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 7,550
- One, attached: 238
- Two: 268
- 3 or 4: 381
- 5 to 9: 727
- 10 to 19: 357
- 20 to 49: 247
- 50 or more: 622
- Mobile homes: 14
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 5
Median worth of mobile homes: $102,500
Housing units in Ridgely township with a mortgage: 3,659 (286 second mortgage, 555 home equity loan, 6 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 3,628
- Construction (14%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (4%)
- Other transportation, and support activities, and couriers (4%)
- Health care (13%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Food and beverage stores (3%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (4%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (8%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
- Cashiers (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Ridgely township:
- Polish (32.4%)
- Italian (20.6%)
- German (10.6%)
- Irish (8.1%)
- Greek (4.2%)
- United States or American (1.9%)
- English (1.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Poland (49%)
- Italy (17%)
- Greece (5%)
- Philippines (4%)
- Germany (3%)
- Yugoslavia (3%)
- Mexico (2%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 9,024 (77%)
- Carpooled: 1,250 (11%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 339 (3%)
- Streetcar or trolley car: 5 (0%)
- Subway or elevated: 386 (3%)
- Railroad: 81 (1%)
- Taxi: 16 (0%)
- Bicycle: 24 (0%)
- Walked: 251 (2%)
- Other means: 64 (1%)
- Worked at home: 262 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (94%)
- Electricity (4%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)
59.8% of residents of Ridgely township speak English at home.
3.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (67% speak English very well, 24% speak English well, 9% speak English not well).
34.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (50% speak English very well, 30% speak English well, 16% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
1.6% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (56% speak English very well, 41% speak English well, 4% speak English not well).
0.5% of residents speak other language at home (90% speak English very well, 6% speak English well, 5% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 25,729- In family households: 22,355 (5,792 male householders, 1,383 female householders)
6,043 spouses, 7,628 children (7,401 natural, 145 adopted, 82 stepchildren), 303 grandchildren, 317 brothers or sisters, 338 parents, 350 other relatives, 201 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 3,374 (1,145 male householders (952 living alone)), 1,882 female householders (1,798 living alone)), 347 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 444 (438 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 3,116 2-persons, 1,534 3-persons, 1,489 4-persons, 682 5-persons, 283 6-persons, 71 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 2,750 1-person, 224 2-persons, 27 3-persons, 20 4-persons, 3 5-persons, 3 6-persons,
36 married couples with children.
0 single-parent households (0 men, 0 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 524
| Here: | 23.0% |
| Minnesota: | 11.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 182
| Here: | 12.1% |
| Minnesota: | 6.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 425
| Here: | 34.1% |
| Minnesota: | 24.6% |