Spruce township, Roseau County, Minnesota (MN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 3 (74% naturalized citizens)
| Spruce township: | 3.1% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
85% of Spruce township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 76% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 67% lived in Minnesota.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 496
- Northeast: 3
- Midwest: 64
- South: 1
- West: 24
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $137,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 0.9%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 168
- Two: 2
- Mobile homes: 52
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 3
Median worth of mobile homes: $13,300
Housing units in Spruce township with a mortgage: 58 (14 second mortgage, 1 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 26
- Transportation equipment (22%)
- Metal and metal products (12%)
- Construction (7%)
- Food and beverage stores (7%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
- Transportation equipment (17%)
- Health care (17%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Finance and insurance (10%)
- Metal and metal products (8%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Social assistance (3%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (9%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (9%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (13%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (8%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (8%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (7%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Spruce township:
- Norwegian (40.2%)
- German (20.2%)
- Swedish (15.0%)
- Scandinavian (3.4%)
- French (except Basque) (2.9%)
- United States or American (2.9%)
- Irish (2.3%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Canada (37%)
- Philippines (21%)
- Korea (16%)
- Sweden (11%)
- Germany (11%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 226 (73%)
- Carpooled: 65 (21%)
- Walked: 2 (1%)
- Other means: 1 (0%)
- Worked at home: 15 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (55%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (35%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (8%)
- Utility gas (1%)
- Wood (1%)
97.7% of residents of Spruce township speak English at home.
1.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (67% speak English very well, 33% speak English not well).
0.7% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 610- In family households: 569 (146 male householders, 24 female householders)
162 spouses, 227 children (219 natural, 2 adopted, 6 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 3 brothers or sisters, 2 parents, 0 other relatives, 5 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 41 (29 male householders (29 living alone)), 12 female householders (12 living alone)), 0 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 55 2-persons, 44 3-persons, 48 4-persons, 18 5-persons, 3 6-persons, 2 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 41 1-person,
160 married couples with children.
35 single-parent households (16 men, 19 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 4
| Here: | 4.3% |
| 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% |