South Bend township, Blue Earth County, Minnesota (MN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (46% naturalized citizens)
| South Bend township: | 0.9% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
63% of South Bend township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 58% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 78% lived in Minnesota.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1237
- Northeast: 9
- Midwest: 158
- South: 30
- West: 26
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $81,700
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 7.8%
No gay or lesbian households reported
119 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 425
- One, attached: 8
- Two: 21
- 3 or 4: 18
- 10 to 19: 17
- 20 to 49: 4
- Mobile homes: 57
Median worth of mobile homes: $9,999
Housing units in South Bend township with a mortgage: 167 (10 second mortgage, 41 home equity loan, 2 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 134
- Construction (14%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Food (5%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
- Printing and related support activities (4%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (4%)
- Health care (22%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Printing and related support activities (7%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (4%)
- Carpenters (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other healthcare support occupations (4%)
- Cashiers (4%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in South Bend township:
- German (53.0%)
- Norwegian (12.4%)
- Swedish (3.9%)
- United States or American (3.9%)
- Irish (3.5%)
- English (2.3%)
- Scottish (1.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Taiwan (38%)
- Mexico (38%)
- Germany (23%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 551 (78%)
- Carpooled: 104 (15%)
- Bicycle: 4 (1%)
- Walked: 14 (2%)
- Other means: 4 (1%)
- Worked at home: 25 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (53%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (35%)
- Electricity (5%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (4%)
- Wood (2%)
119 people in nursing homes
93.4% of residents of South Bend township speak English at home.
2.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (77% speak English very well, 11% speak English well, 11% speak English not well).
3.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (96% speak English very well, 4% speak English well).
0.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% don't speak English at all).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,356- In family households: 1,168 (275 male householders, 88 female householders)
303 spouses, 431 children (411 natural, 5 adopted, 15 stepchildren), 8 grandchildren, 8 brothers or sisters, 4 parents, 6 other relatives, 45 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 188 (91 male householders (73 living alone)), 58 female householders (43 living alone)), 39 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 117 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 144 2-persons, 81 3-persons, 86 4-persons, 28 5-persons, 18 6-persons, 6 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 116 1-person, 30 2-persons, 3 4-persons,
260 married couples with children.
61 single-parent households (22 men, 39 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 24
| Here: | 16.0% |
| Minnesota: | 11.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 12
| Here: | 9.7% |
| Minnesota: | 6.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 4
| Here: | 8.9% |
| Minnesota: | 24.6% |