Shell Rock township, Freeborn County, Minnesota (MN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (38% naturalized citizens)
| Shell Rock township: | 1.9% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
82% of Shell Rock township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 89% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 63% lived in Minnesota.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 320
- Northeast: 3
- Midwest: 86
- South: 2
- West: 3
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $17,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.4%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 203
- Two: 3
Housing units in Shell Rock township with a mortgage: 38 (4 second mortgage, 3 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 35
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (24%)
- Food (10%)
- Metal and metal products (7%)
- Machinery (6%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Paper (4%)
- Plastics and rubber products (4%)
- Health care (19%)
- Food and beverage stores (8%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (8%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Food (6%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Farmers and farm managers (24%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (10%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (7%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (7%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (8%)
- Registered nurses (7%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Cashiers (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Shell Rock township:
- Norwegian (41.4%)
- German (32.0%)
- Czech (4.2%)
- United States or American (3.6%)
- English (2.3%)
- Irish (1.8%)
- Polish (1.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Russia (63%)
- Guatemala (25%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 192 (79%)
- Carpooled: 15 (6%)
- Walked: 11 (5%)
- Other means: 2 (1%)
- Worked at home: 22 (9%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (77%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (11%)
- Wood (7%)
- Utility gas (2%)
- Electricity (2%)
- Other fuel (1%)
97.4% of residents of Shell Rock township speak English at home.
1.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
1.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (43% speak English very well, 57% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 422- In family households: 360 (113 male householders, 9 female householders)
111 spouses, 113 children (92 natural, 14 adopted, 7 stepchildren), 3 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 8 other relatives, 3 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 62 (30 male householders (26 living alone)), 25 female householders (23 living alone)), 7 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 58 2-persons, 29 3-persons, 26 4-persons, 7 5-persons, 2 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 49 1-person, 5 2-persons, 1 3-persons,
75 married couples with children.
15 single-parent households (9 men, 6 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% |