Sverdrup township, Otter Tail County, Minnesota (MN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (50% naturalized citizens)
| Sverdrup township: | 0.7% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
73% of Sverdrup township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 54% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 76% lived in Minnesota.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 442
- Northeast: 10
- Midwest: 77
- South: 2
- West: 23
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $92,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.5%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 343
- One, attached: 3
- Two: 2
- 5 to 9: 2
- Mobile homes: 77
Median worth of mobile homes: $50,000
Housing units in Sverdrup township with a mortgage: 60 (7 second mortgage, 11 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 41
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (21%)
- Construction (18%)
- Utilities (7%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Health care (35%)
- Educational services (14%)
- Social assistance (7%)
- Utilities (6%)
- Computer and electronic products (4%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)
- Farmers and farm managers (13%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (9%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (6%)
- Carpenters (5%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Top executives (5%)
- Registered nurses (12%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (12%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (8%)
- Business operations specialists (5%)
- Counselors, social workers, and other community and social service specialists (5%)
- Life, physical, and social science technicians (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Sverdrup township:
- Norwegian (44.1%)
- German (21.2%)
- United States or American (5.9%)
- Swedish (4.7%)
- Danish (3.6%)
- Irish (3.6%)
- English (2.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- India (50%)
- Canada (50%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 240 (82%)
- Carpooled: 23 (8%)
- Walked: 3 (1%)
- Other means: 2 (1%)
- Worked at home: 23 (8%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (42%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (39%)
- Electricity (13%)
- Wood (3%)
- Other fuel (2%)
- Utility gas (1%)
97.2% of residents of Sverdrup township speak English at home.
1.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
1.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.6% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 558- In family households: 498 (159 male householders, 18 female householders)
157 spouses, 149 children (142 natural, 2 adopted, 5 stepchildren), 5 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 1 other relatives, 9 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 60 (40 male householders (35 living alone)), 16 female householders (16 living alone)), 4 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 96 2-persons, 28 3-persons, 42 4-persons, 10 5-persons, 1 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 51 1-person, 5 2-persons,
108 married couples with children.
11 single-parent households (7 men, 4 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 1
| Here: | 1.7% |
| Minnesota: | 11.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 4
| Here: | 11.1% |
| Minnesota: | 6.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Minnesota: | 24.6% |