Rush Lake township, Otter Tail County, Minnesota (MN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Rush Lake township: | 0.6% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
66% of Rush Lake township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 33% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 65% lived in Minnesota.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 754
- Northeast: 6
- Midwest: 192
- South: 17
- West: 30
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $47,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.1%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.5% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 733
- One, attached: 6
- Two: 10
- 3 or 4: 2
- Mobile homes: 97
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 42
Median worth of mobile homes: $27,500
Housing units in Rush Lake township with a mortgage: 125 (17 second mortgage, 9 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 130
- Construction (11%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (8%)
- Food (8%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Repair and maintenance (6%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Health care (18%)
- Educational services (14%)
- Food (12%)
- Food and beverage stores (7%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Personal and laundry services (3%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (8%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (6%)
- Farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (13%)
- Registered nurses (10%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (8%)
- Cashiers (8%)
- Health technologists and technicians (6%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Rush Lake township:
- German (47.0%)
- Norwegian (13.5%)
- Finnish (6.2%)
- Polish (6.0%)
- United States or American (5.5%)
- Swedish (4.1%)
- English (3.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (67%)
- Canada (33%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 371 (79%)
- Carpooled: 60 (13%)
- Walked: 8 (2%)
- Worked at home: 32 (7%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (34%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (30%)
- Wood (14%)
- Electricity (13%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (9%)
- No fuel used (1%)
97.5% of residents of Rush Lake township speak English at home.
0.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (67% speak English well, 33% speak English not well).
0.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (89% speak English very well, 11% speak English well).
0.9% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,005- In family households: 920 (293 male householders, 23 female householders)
278 spouses, 295 children (272 natural, 7 adopted, 16 stepchildren), 5 grandchildren, 2 brothers or sisters, 4 parents, 11 other relatives, 9 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 85 (45 male householders (43 living alone)), 33 female householders (31 living alone)), 7 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 168 2-persons, 45 3-persons, 73 4-persons, 19 5-persons, 7 6-persons, 4 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 74 1-person, 2 2-persons, 2 3-persons,
222 married couples with children.
21 single-parent households (11 men, 10 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 27
| Here: | 21.3% |
| 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: 4
| Here: | 15.4% |
| Minnesota: | 24.6% |