Spencer township, Aitkin County, Minnesota (MN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (0% naturalized citizens)
| Spencer township: | 0.5% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
76% of Spencer township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 38% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 89% lived in Minnesota.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 554
- Northeast: 3
- Midwest: 75
- South: 9
- West: 26
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $55,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 9.5%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.9% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 208
- Mobile homes: 59
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 4
Median worth of mobile homes: $28,300
Housing units in Spencer township with a mortgage: 47 (9 second mortgage, 9 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 28
- Construction (14%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Health care (6%)
- Repair and maintenance (6%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Health care (19%)
- Accommodation and food services (13%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (9%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Business operations specialists (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (11%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (10%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Spencer township:
- German (25.3%)
- Swedish (19.0%)
- Norwegian (12.6%)
- United States or American (10.3%)
- Irish (4.2%)
- Finnish (3.6%)
- Italian (3.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 255 (75%)
- Carpooled: 52 (15%)
- Walked: 16 (5%)
- Other means: 2 (1%)
- Worked at home: 16 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (39%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (30%)
- Wood (17%)
- Utility gas (7%)
- Electricity (5%)
- Other fuel (2%)
98.0% of residents of Spencer township speak English at home.
0.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (33% speak English very well, 33% speak English well, 33% speak English not well).
0.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 670- In family households: 601 (171 male householders, 14 female householders)
168 spouses, 226 children (211 natural, 3 adopted, 12 stepchildren), 3 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 5 parents, 0 other relatives, 14 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 69 (28 male householders (19 living alone)), 28 female householders (26 living alone)), 13 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 63 2-persons, 36 3-persons, 54 4-persons, 29 5-persons, 3 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 45 1-person, 11 2-persons,
138 married couples with children.
20 single-parent households (11 men, 9 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% |