Shell River township, Wadena County, Minnesota (MN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Shell River township: | 0.7% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
65% of Shell River township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 29% 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: 229
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 39
- South: 4
- West: 6
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $9,999
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.9%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 151
- One, attached: 2
- Mobile homes: 40
Median worth of mobile homes: $14,300
Housing units in Shell River township with a mortgage: 6 (0 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 15
- Construction (29%)
- Truck transportation (14%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (12%)
- Repair and maintenance (11%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (10%)
- Wood products (7%)
- Food (5%)
- Health care (22%)
- Accommodation and food services (11%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (9%)
- Food (7%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (14%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (11%)
- Carpenters (10%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (10%)
- Farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Supervisors of construction and extraction workers (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (9%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (9%)
- Special education teachers (7%)
- Registered nurses (7%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (7%)
- Media and communication equipment workers (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Shell River township:
- German (32.5%)
- Finnish (21.5%)
- Swedish (10.0%)
- European (7.2%)
- Norwegian (6.7%)
- Irish (4.8%)
- Polish (3.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Cuba (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 89 (70%)
- Carpooled: 12 (9%)
- Walked: 10 (8%)
- Worked at home: 17 (13%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (30%)
- Wood (29%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (21%)
- Electricity (16%)
- Utility gas (4%)
96.0% of residents of Shell River township speak English at home.
4.0% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 280- In family households: 254 (67 male householders, 13 female householders)
70 spouses, 91 children (88 natural, 0 adopted, 3 stepchildren), 2 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 11 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 26 (14 male householders (10 living alone)), 8 female householders (8 living alone)), 4 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 26 2-persons, 26 3-persons, 16 4-persons, 10 5-persons, 2 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 18 1-person, 4 2-persons,
69 married couples with children.
11 single-parent households (3 men, 8 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% |