Spencer Brook township, Isanti County, Minnesota (MN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (44% naturalized citizens)
| Spencer Brook township: | 0.6% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
62% of Spencer Brook township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 14% 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: 1267
- Northeast: 15
- Midwest: 173
- South: 28
- West: 43
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $95,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.2%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.4% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 565
- One, attached: 10
- Two: 2
- 10 to 19: 2
- Mobile homes: 19
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 7
Median worth of mobile homes: $82,500
Housing units in Spencer Brook township with a mortgage: 185 (29 second mortgage, 25 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 42
- Construction (25%)
- Metal and metal products (11%)
- Machinery (6%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (4%)
- Truck transportation (4%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (3%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (3%)
- Health care (13%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (9%)
- Social assistance (6%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Machinery (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (12%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (7%)
- Carpenters (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Construction laborers (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Cashiers (4%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Spencer Brook township:
- German (37.1%)
- Norwegian (14.6%)
- Swedish (13.9%)
- Irish (5.9%)
- English (4.0%)
- United States or American (2.3%)
- Polish (2.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (33%)
- Germany (22%)
- Korea (22%)
- Colombia (22%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 637 (78%)
- Carpooled: 126 (15%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 3 (0%)
- Walked: 12 (1%)
- Other means: 3 (0%)
- Worked at home: 37 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (65%)
- Wood (15%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (12%)
- Electricity (5%)
- Utility gas (2%)
- Other fuel (1%)
97.7% of residents of Spencer Brook township speak English at home.
0.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (73% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 9% speak English not well).
0.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,539- In family households: 1,416 (387 male householders, 59 female householders)
393 spouses, 489 children (435 natural, 11 adopted, 43 stepchildren), 27 grandchildren, 9 brothers or sisters, 12 parents, 14 other relatives, 26 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 123 (75 male householders (57 living alone)), 21 female householders (18 living alone)), 27 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 196 2-persons, 86 3-persons, 99 4-persons, 41 5-persons, 18 6-persons, 6 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 75 1-person, 18 2-persons, 2 3-persons, 1 4-persons,
314 married couples with children.
52 single-parent households (25 men, 27 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 37
| Here: | 17.1% |
| Minnesota: | 11.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 12
| Here: | 11.8% |
| Minnesota: | 6.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 12
| Here: | 37.5% |
| Minnesota: | 24.6% |