Severance township, Sibley County, Minnesota (MN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (71% naturalized citizens)
| Severance township: | 2.0% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
71% of Severance township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 54% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 81% lived in Minnesota.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 324
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 13
- South: 3
- West: 3
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $32,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.4%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 110
- Mobile homes: 11
Median worth of mobile homes: $42,500
Housing units in Severance township with a mortgage: 23 (3 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 22
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (39%)
- Construction (9%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (6%)
- Food (4%)
- Computer and electronic products (4%)
- Truck transportation (4%)
- Health care (15%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (13%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (13%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Farmers and farm managers (36%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (5%)
- Carpenters (4%)
- Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (16%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (9%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
- Health technologists and technicians (7%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (7%)
- Farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Financial managers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Severance township:
- German (71.3%)
- Norwegian (9.5%)
- Swedish (5.0%)
- Irish (3.2%)
- United States or American (2.5%)
- Danish (1.6%)
- Belgian (0.9%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Philippines (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 130 (67%)
- Carpooled: 19 (10%)
- Walked: 18 (9%)
- Worked at home: 26 (13%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (72%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (18%)
- Electricity (5%)
- Utility gas (3%)
- Wood (2%)
98.4% of residents of Severance township speak English at home.
1.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.6% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 350- In family households: 316 (82 male householders, 7 female householders)
86 spouses, 126 children (116 natural, 5 adopted, 5 stepchildren), 1 grandchildren, 3 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 5 other relatives, 6 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 34 (25 male householders (20 living alone)), 3 female householders (3 living alone)), 6 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 33 2-persons, 22 3-persons, 17 4-persons, 9 5-persons, 7 6-persons, 1 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 23 1-person, 5 2-persons,
89 married couples with children.
8 single-parent households (5 men, 3 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 8
| Here: | 18.6% |
| Minnesota: | 11.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 1
| Here: | 4.5% |
| Minnesota: | 6.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Minnesota: | 24.6% |