Sharon township, Le Sueur County, Minnesota (MN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Sharon township: | 0.6% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
69% of Sharon township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 70% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 87% lived in Minnesota.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 627
- Northeast: 3
- Midwest: 48
- South: 0
- West: 12
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $187,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 1.3%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 228
- Two: 2
- Mobile homes: 22
Median worth of mobile homes: $9,999
Housing units in Sharon township with a mortgage: 81 (11 second mortgage, 13 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 23
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (24%)
- Construction (10%)
- Metal and metal products (6%)
- Food (5%)
- Machinery (4%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Health care (25%)
- Computer and electronic products (14%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Plastics and rubber products (4%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (4%)
- Farmers and farm managers (19%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (5%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (13%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Registered nurses (7%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Operations specialties managers except financial managers (3%)
- Customer service representatives (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Sharon township:
- German (59.0%)
- Irish (12.0%)
- Norwegian (7.6%)
- Swedish (4.6%)
- Polish (3.1%)
- United States or American (2.1%)
- French (except Basque) (1.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Other Northern Europe (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 316 (78%)
- Carpooled: 41 (10%)
- Walked: 12 (3%)
- Worked at home: 38 (9%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (78%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (8%)
- Utility gas (7%)
- Wood (5%)
- Electricity (1%)
96.5% of residents of Sharon township speak English at home.
1.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
1.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (82% speak English very well, 18% speak English well).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 696- In family households: 639 (189 male householders, 14 female householders)
172 spouses, 227 children (214 natural, 0 adopted, 13 stepchildren), 4 grandchildren, 5 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 15 other relatives, 13 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 57 (32 male householders (25 living alone)), 10 female householders (10 living alone)), 15 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 94 2-persons, 35 3-persons, 38 4-persons, 20 5-persons, 10 6-persons, 6 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 35 1-person, 4 2-persons, 2 3-persons, 1 4-persons,
173 married couples with children.
18 single-parent households (8 men, 10 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 9
| Here: | 9.1% |
| Minnesota: | 11.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 5
| Here: | 7.5% |
| Minnesota: | 6.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 5
| Here: | 22.7% |
| Minnesota: | 24.6% |