Shafer township, Chisago County, Minnesota (MN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (38% naturalized citizens)
| Shafer township: | 1.2% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
66% of Shafer township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 49% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 85% lived in Minnesota.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 498
- Northeast: 10
- Midwest: 159
- South: 16
- West: 2
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $150,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.6%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.5% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 233
- One, attached: 5
- Two: 4
- Mobile homes: 2
Housing units in Shafer township with a mortgage: 64 (12 second mortgage, 10 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 11
- Construction (17%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (8%)
- Truck transportation (7%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Machinery (4%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (3%)
- Health care (22%)
- Accommodation and food services (13%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (8%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Transportation equipment (3%)
- Social assistance (3%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (7%)
- Health technologists and technicians (6%)
- Food and beverage serving workers except waiters/waitresses (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Business operations specialists (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Shafer township:
- German (29.5%)
- Swedish (25.4%)
- Norwegian (7.8%)
- Irish (5.7%)
- English (5.3%)
- French (except Basque) (3.7%)
- Italian (3.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (63%)
- United Kingdom (38%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 289 (83%)
- Carpooled: 29 (8%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 1 (0%)
- Other means: 7 (2%)
- Worked at home: 23 (7%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (51%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (23%)
- Electricity (9%)
- Utility gas (8%)
- Wood (7%)
- Other fuel (2%)
97.4% of residents of Shafer township speak English at home.
1.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (50% speak English very well, 50% speak English well).
0.8% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (60% speak English very well, 40% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 695- In family households: 666 (168 male householders, 29 female householders)
177 spouses, 247 children (237 natural, 9 adopted, 1 stepchildren), 21 grandchildren, 2 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 14 other relatives, 8 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 29 (15 male householders (15 living alone)), 12 female householders (10 living alone)), 2 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 82 2-persons, 35 3-persons, 44 4-persons, 24 5-persons, 6 6-persons, 6 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 25 1-person, 2 2-persons,
155 married couples with children.
19 single-parent households (1 men, 18 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| 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: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Minnesota: | 24.6% |