Sand Creek township, Scott County, Minnesota (MN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (81% naturalized citizens)
| Sand Creek township: | 1.0% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
68% of Sand Creek township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 51% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 64% lived in Minnesota.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1406
- Northeast: 12
- Midwest: 144
- South: 30
- West: 32
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $137,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.8%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
82 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
29 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 482
- Two: 8
- 5 to 9: 4
- Mobile homes: 2
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 3
Median worth of mobile homes: $12,500
Housing units in Sand Creek township with a mortgage: 131 (20 second mortgage, 24 home equity loan, 3 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 71
- Construction (21%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (9%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (4%)
- Truck transportation (4%)
- Machinery (4%)
- Air transportation (3%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (3%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Health care (12%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Computer and electronic products (6%)
- Construction (5%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
- Accountants and auditors (5%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Sand Creek township:
- German (59.4%)
- Norwegian (9.4%)
- Czech (5.6%)
- United States or American (5.1%)
- Irish (2.8%)
- English (2.2%)
- Swedish (2.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Korea (56%)
- Ukraine (19%)
- Germany (13%)
- Other Eastern Europe (13%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 679 (78%)
- Carpooled: 89 (10%)
- Walked: 21 (2%)
- Other means: 3 (0%)
- Worked at home: 76 (9%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (55%)
- Utility gas (28%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (11%)
- Electricity (5%)
- Wood (2%)
82 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
29 people in nursing homes
97.7% of residents of Sand Creek township speak English at home.
1.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (80% speak English very well, 20% speak English not well).
1.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (55% speak English very well, 35% speak English well, 10% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,530- In family households: 1,439 (363 male householders, 47 female householders)
396 spouses, 582 children (538 natural, 34 adopted, 10 stepchildren), 17 grandchildren, 2 brothers or sisters, 4 parents, 17 other relatives, 11 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 91 (43 male householders (27 living alone)), 27 female householders (24 living alone)), 21 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 110 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 140 2-persons, 103 3-persons, 71 4-persons, 76 5-persons, 16 6-persons, 4 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 51 1-person, 16 2-persons, 3 3-persons,
380 married couples with children.
24 single-parent households (11 men, 13 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 58
| Here: | 27.1% |
| Minnesota: | 11.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 2
| Here: | 1.7% |
| Minnesota: | 6.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 13
| Here: | 41.9% |
| Minnesota: | 24.6% |