Tordenskjold township, Otter Tail County, Minnesota (MN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Tordenskjold township: | 0.9% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
58% of Tordenskjold township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 44% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 55% lived in Minnesota.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 409
- Northeast: 2
- Midwest: 106
- South: 9
- West: 39
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $65,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.6%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 279
- One, attached: 3
- 3 or 4: 2
- Mobile homes: 72
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 2
Median worth of mobile homes: $80,000
Housing units in Tordenskjold township with a mortgage: 40 (5 second mortgage, 3 home equity loan, 2 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 36
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (23%)
- Construction (19%)
- Repair and maintenance (8%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (5%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Machinery (4%)
- Health care (4%)
- Health care (26%)
- Accommodation and food services (11%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (7%)
- Broadcasting, internet publishing, and telecommunications services (5%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (14%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (10%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (10%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (8%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (7%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Top executives (4%)
- Food and beverage serving workers except waiters/waitresses (8%)
- Registered nurses (7%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
- Media and communication equipment workers (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Tordenskjold township:
- German (38.1%)
- Norwegian (37.2%)
- Swedish (4.7%)
- Scandinavian (3.1%)
- Dutch (2.9%)
- United States or American (2.3%)
- French (except Basque) (2.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (80%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 194 (71%)
- Carpooled: 30 (11%)
- Walked: 3 (1%)
- Other means: 5 (2%)
- Worked at home: 41 (15%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (40%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (33%)
- Electricity (14%)
- Wood (8%)
- Utility gas (2%)
- Other fuel (2%)
- No fuel used (1%)
97.0% of residents of Tordenskjold township speak English at home.
0.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
2.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (64% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 14% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 572- In family households: 528 (153 male householders, 27 female householders)
158 spouses, 160 children (149 natural, 5 adopted, 6 stepchildren), 8 grandchildren, 4 brothers or sisters, 6 parents, 2 other relatives, 10 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 44 (26 male householders (23 living alone)), 13 female householders (11 living alone)), 5 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 98 2-persons, 23 3-persons, 45 4-persons, 8 5-persons, 6 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 34 1-person, 5 2-persons,
107 married couples with children.
19 single-parent households (13 men, 6 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% |