Torning township, Swift County, Minnesota (MN) detailed profile
Land area: 34.0 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 505 (4% urban, 96% rural)
| Males: 264 |  (52.3%) |
| Females: 241 |  (47.7%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 505 (456 owner occupied, 49 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 10% |
| State: | 25% |
Races in Torning township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 98.2%
- Black: 0.2%
- Two or more races: 0.2%
Median age of males: 35.6
Median age of females: 35.6
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Average household size: 2.99
| Torning township: | 3.0 people |
| Minnesota: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 3.29
| Torning township: | $48,721 |
| Minnesota: | $60,702 |
| Here: | $454 |
| State: | $753 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $87,893 (it was $63,000 in 2000)
| : | $87,893 |
| Minnesota: | $180,100 |
| Population density: 15 people per square mile | (low). |
| This township: | 7.5% |
| Whole state: | 7.9% |
| This township: | 2.7% |
| Whole state: | 3.2% |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Cemetery: Saint Francis Cemetery (1). Display/hide its location on the map
74% of Torning township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 61% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 92% lived in Minnesota.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 475
- Northeast: 4
- Midwest: 37
- South: 2
- West: 6
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.1%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.6% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 146
- Mobile homes: 24
Median worth of mobile homes: $31,500
Housing units in Torning township with a mortgage: 48 (6 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 21
- Machinery (30%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (13%)
- Construction (9%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Health care (17%)
- Educational services (16%)
- Machinery (8%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Social assistance (6%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (10%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (9%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (9%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (14%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (8%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Torning township:
- Norwegian (38.0%)
- German (36.3%)
- Swedish (5.3%)
- French (except Basque) (3.9%)
- Polish (3.7%)
- United States or American (3.3%)
- Irish (3.1%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 203 (77%)
- Carpooled: 40 (15%)
- Walked: 9 (3%)
- Other means: 2 (1%)
- Worked at home: 11 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (60%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (17%)
- Utility gas (12%)
- Electricity (10%)
- No fuel used (1%)
99.0% of residents of Torning township speak English at home.
1.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 530- In family households: 498 (131 male householders, 9 female householders)
135 spouses, 203 children (185 natural, 11 adopted, 7 stepchildren), 3 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 2 parents, 2 other relatives, 13 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 32 (14 male householders (8 living alone)), 11 female householders (9 living alone)), 7 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 38 2-persons, 25 3-persons, 44 4-persons, 17 5-persons, 14 6-persons, 2 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 17 1-person, 8 2-persons,
142 married couples with children.
8 single-parent households (7 men, 1 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% |