Wacouta township, Goodhue County, Minnesota (MN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Wacouta township: | 1.2% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
71% of Wacouta township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 73% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 64% lived in Minnesota.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 315
- Northeast: 9
- Midwest: 98
- South: 5
- West: 11
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.6%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.7% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 188
- One, attached: 4
- Two: 4
Housing units in Wacouta township with a mortgage: 79 (17 second mortgage, 20 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 36
- Construction (14%)
- Utilities (9%)
- Food (7%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Leather and allied products (6%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Health care (22%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Top executives (6%)
- Customer service representatives (4%)
- Other protective service workers including supervisors (3%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (3%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (3%)
- Registered nurses (14%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (14%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (7%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Counselors, social workers, and other community and social service specialists (4%)
- Therapists (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Wacouta township:
- German (42.8%)
- Norwegian (10.6%)
- English (8.9%)
- Swedish (8.6%)
- Irish (6.6%)
- Polish (3.3%)
- Scandinavian (2.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Other Australian and New Zealand Subregion (60%)
- United Kingdom (40%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 200 (88%)
- Carpooled: 16 (7%)
- Walked: 2 (1%)
- Other means: 1 (0%)
- Worked at home: 8 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (79%)
- Electricity (14%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (4%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)
- Wood (1%)
98.1% of residents of Wacouta township speak English at home.
0.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
1.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 445- In family households: 413 (119 male householders, 11 female householders)
118 spouses, 141 children (133 natural, 2 adopted, 6 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 2 brothers or sisters, 13 parents, 5 other relatives, 4 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 32 (17 male householders (15 living alone)), 12 female householders (12 living alone)), 3 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 55 2-persons, 28 3-persons, 29 4-persons, 16 5-persons, 2 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 27 1-person, 2 2-persons,
98 married couples with children.
9 single-parent households (8 men, 1 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 8
| Here: | 15.7% |
| 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: 2
| Here: | 18.2% |
| Minnesota: | 24.6% |