Vernon Center township, Blue Earth County, Minnesota (MN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 3 (78% naturalized citizens)
| Vernon Center township: | 3.0% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
72% of Vernon Center township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 82% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 75% lived in Minnesota.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 297
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 27
- South: 0
- West: 7
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $162,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.3%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.9% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 118
- 5 to 9: 2
- Mobile homes: 12
Median worth of mobile homes: $43,300
Housing units in Vernon Center township with a mortgage: 22 (2 second mortgage, 2 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 22
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (39%)
- Truck transportation (7%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (6%)
- Construction (5%)
- Nonmetallic mineral products (5%)
- Other transportation, and support activities, and couriers (4%)
- Educational services (25%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (16%)
- Health care (11%)
- Other direct selling establishments (8%)
- Printing and related support activities (7%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (25%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (17%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (7%)
- Bus drivers (4%)
- Food and beverage serving workers except waiters/waitresses (3%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (12%)
- Farmers and farm managers (10%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (9%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (5%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Vernon Center township:
- German (50.5%)
- Dutch (16.6%)
- Norwegian (6.0%)
- English (5.7%)
- United States or American (3.5%)
- Irish (3.2%)
- Swedish (3.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Russia (44%)
- United Kingdom (33%)
- Other Northern Europe (22%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 150 (70%)
- Carpooled: 14 (7%)
- Walked: 10 (5%)
- Worked at home: 39 (18%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (69%)
- Utility gas (14%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (11%)
- Electricity (3%)
- Wood (3%)
98.1% of residents of Vernon Center township speak English at home.
1.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.6% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 340- In family households: 307 (93 male householders, 7 female householders)
90 spouses, 104 children (92 natural, 12 adopted, 0 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 3 other relatives, 10 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 33 (22 male householders (18 living alone)), 4 female householders (2 living alone)), 7 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 42 2-persons, 19 3-persons, 25 4-persons, 7 5-persons, 7 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 20 1-person, 6 2-persons,
68 married couples with children.
4 single-parent households (4 men, 0 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 3
| Here: | 6.3% |
| 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% |