Tyro township, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota (MN) detailed profile
Land area: 36.3 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 208 (all rural)
| Males: 111 |  (53.4%) |
| Females: 97 |  (46.6%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 208 (167 owner occupied, 41 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 20% |
| State: | 25% |
Races in Tyro township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 100.0%
Median age of males: 39.0
Median age of females: 37.5
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Average household size: 2.70
| Tyro township: | 2.7 people |
| Minnesota: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 3.08
| Tyro township: | $53,270 |
| Minnesota: | $60,702 |
| Here: | $446 |
| State: | $753 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $93,548 (it was $60,900 in 2000)
| : | $93,548 |
| Minnesota: | $180,100 |
| Population density: 6 people per square mile | (very low). |
| This township: | 3.6% |
| Whole state: | 7.9% |
| This township: | 2.6% |
| Whole state: | 3.2% |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Notable location: Jessen Farms (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Cemeteries: Zion Cemetery (1), Fridhem Cemetery (2). Display/hide their locations on the map
Park in Tyro township: Tyro State Wildlife Management Area (1). Display/hide its location on the map
70% of Tyro township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 29% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 77% lived in Minnesota.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 163
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 13
- South: 14
- West: 4
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $20,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.2%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 1.3% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 74
- Mobile homes: 6
Median worth of mobile homes: $9,999
Housing units in Tyro township with a mortgage: 18 (2 second mortgage, 2 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 8
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (35%)
- Truck transportation (15%)
- Construction (11%)
- Food (7%)
- Food and beverage stores (7%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Computer and electronic products (4%)
- Health care (20%)
- Apparel, fabrics, and notions merchant wholesalers (13%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (10%)
- Food (5%)
- Groceries and related products merchant wholesalers (5%)
- Gasoline stations (5%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (29%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (16%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (7%)
- Carpenters (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Other protective service workers including supervisors (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Registered nurses (10%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (10%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (10%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (8%)
- Farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Accountants and auditors (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Tyro township:
- German (48.7%)
- Norwegian (31.6%)
- Belgian (8.6%)
- Dutch (4.8%)
- Swedish (2.7%)
- Danish (1.1%)
- Italian (1.1%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 62 (68%)
- Carpooled: 15 (16%)
- Worked at home: 14 (15%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (55%)
- Electricity (23%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (20%)
- Wood (3%)
95.0% of residents of Tyro township speak English at home.
2.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English not well).
2.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 194- In family households: 171 (52 male householders, 3 female householders)
50 spouses, 64 children (64 natural, 0 adopted, 0 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 2 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 23 (17 male householders (13 living alone)), 4 female householders (4 living alone)), 2 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 33 2-persons, 2 3-persons, 10 4-persons, 2 5-persons, 4 6-persons, 4 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 17 1-person, 4 2-persons,
55 married couples with children.
3 single-parent households (3 men, 0 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% |