Solway township, St. Louis County, Minnesota (MN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Solway township: | 0.7% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
81% of Solway township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 57% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 65% lived in Minnesota.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1679
- Northeast: 24
- Midwest: 141
- South: 36
- West: 33
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.9%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 585
- Two: 3
- Mobile homes: 117
Median worth of mobile homes: $41,900
Housing units in Solway township with a mortgage: 180 (12 second mortgage, 29 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 61
- Construction (13%)
- Rail transportation (7%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Paper (6%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Health care (5%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (5%)
- Health care (26%)
- Educational services (15%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (6%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (8%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (4%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Health technologists and technicians (7%)
- Cashiers (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Solway township:
- Swedish (17.7%)
- Norwegian (14.7%)
- German (14.6%)
- Finnish (8.8%)
- Irish (8.1%)
- United States or American (6.9%)
- Polish (6.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Korea (31%)
- Peru (31%)
- Sweden (15%)
- Brazil (15%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 833 (87%)
- Carpooled: 76 (8%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 2 (0%)
- Walked: 4 (0%)
- Other means: 10 (1%)
- Worked at home: 31 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (41%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (33%)
- Electricity (14%)
- Wood (8%)
- Utility gas (3%)
97.9% of residents of Solway township speak English at home.
0.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (82% speak English very well, 18% speak English well).
0.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (53% speak English very well, 24% speak English well, 24% speak English not well).
0.5% of residents speak other language at home (80% speak English very well, 20% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,933- In family households: 1,782 (471 male householders, 104 female householders)
487 spouses, 625 children (587 natural, 13 adopted, 25 stepchildren), 24 grandchildren, 11 brothers or sisters, 4 parents, 6 other relatives, 50 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 151 (56 male householders (39 living alone)), 64 female householders (55 living alone)), 31 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 240 2-persons, 120 3-persons, 136 4-persons, 54 5-persons, 15 6-persons, 10 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 94 1-person, 22 2-persons, 2 3-persons, 2 5-persons,
381 married couples with children.
86 single-parent households (24 men, 62 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 24
| Here: | 9.0% |
| 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% |