Skagen township, Roseau County, Minnesota (MN) detailed profile
Land area: 35.1 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 235 (all rural)
| Males: 124 |  (52.8%) |
| Females: 111 |  (47.2%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 235 (217 owner occupied, 18 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 8% |
| State: | 25% |
Races in Skagen township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 99.6%
- Two or more races: 0.4%
Median age of males: 35.6
Median age of females: 35.6
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Average household size: 2.67
| Skagen township: | 2.7 people |
| Minnesota: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 3.06
| Skagen township: | $51,494 |
| Minnesota: | $60,702 |
| Here: | $463 |
| State: | $753 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $99,491 (it was $69,500 in 2000)
| : | $99,491 |
| Minnesota: | $180,100 |
| Population density: 7 people per square mile | (very low). |
| This township: | 9.4% |
| Whole state: | 7.9% |
| This township: | 2.2% |
| Whole state: | 3.2% |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Cemetery: Swedish Cemetery (1). Display/hide its location on the map
70% of Skagen township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 90% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 100% lived in Minnesota.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 197
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 25
- South: 0
- West: 3
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $45,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.4%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 1.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 76
- Mobile homes: 22
Median worth of mobile homes: $45,000
Housing units in Skagen township with a mortgage: 13 (0 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 6
- Transportation equipment (27%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (15%)
- Construction (8%)
- Metal and metal products (8%)
- Repair and maintenance (8%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (4%)
- Transportation equipment (13%)
- Social assistance (13%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Chemicals (8%)
- Metal and metal products (7%)
- Vending machine operators (7%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (16%)
- Farmers and farm managers (15%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (10%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (7%)
- Other financial specialists (5%)
- Carpenters (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Child care workers (15%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (8%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Skagen township:
- Norwegian (53.6%)
- German (13.8%)
- Polish (7.1%)
- Swedish (7.1%)
- United States or American (6.1%)
- Swiss (3.6%)
- Finnish (3.1%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 91 (72%)
- Carpooled: 18 (14%)
- Worked at home: 17 (13%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (37%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (24%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (23%)
- Wood (14%)
- Utility gas (2%)
98.5% of residents of Skagen township speak English at home.
0.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
1.0% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 225- In family households: 207 (74 male householders, 4 female householders)
65 spouses, 54 children (54 natural, 0 adopted, 0 stepchildren), 2 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 6 other relatives, 2 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 18 (12 male householders (10 living alone)), 5 female householders (5 living alone)), 1 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 41 2-persons, 13 3-persons, 18 4-persons, 6 5-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 15 1-person, 2 2-persons,
58 married couples with children.
12 single-parent households (5 men, 7 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 2
| Here: | 8.3% |
| Minnesota: | 11.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 2
| Here: | 40.0% |
| Minnesota: | 6.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Minnesota: | 24.6% |