Wakefield township, Stearns County, Minnesota (MN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Wakefield township: | 1.1% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
72% of Wakefield township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 59% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 72% lived in Minnesota.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2792
- Northeast: 14
- Midwest: 252
- South: 26
- West: 30
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $85,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.3%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,033
- One, attached: 2
- Two: 6
- 20 to 49: 10
- Mobile homes: 112
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 4
Median worth of mobile homes: $11,200
Housing units in Wakefield township with a mortgage: 538 (65 second mortgage, 108 home equity loan, 6 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 181
- Construction (14%)
- Nonmetallic mineral products (10%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (4%)
- Health care (18%)
- Educational services (16%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Printing and related support activities (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Carpenters (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (4%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Wakefield township:
- German (69.1%)
- Norwegian (5.8%)
- Polish (5.2%)
- English (2.4%)
- United States or American (2.4%)
- Swedish (1.8%)
- Irish (1.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Vietnam (37%)
- Germany (17%)
- Netherlands (14%)
- United Kingdom (11%)
- Colombia (9%)
- Honduras (6%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,310 (80%)
- Carpooled: 177 (11%)
- Bicycle: 14 (1%)
- Walked: 10 (1%)
- Other means: 2 (0%)
- Worked at home: 123 (8%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (42%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (31%)
- Electricity (13%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (8%)
- Wood (5%)
95.8% of residents of Wakefield township speak English at home.
0.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (85% speak English very well, 15% speak English not well).
3.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (80% speak English very well, 14% speak English well, 6% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,149- In family households: 2,959 (808 male householders, 85 female householders)
846 spouses, 1,174 children (1,085 natural, 35 adopted, 54 stepchildren), 14 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 5 parents, 2 other relatives, 25 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 190 (101 male householders (81 living alone)), 46 female householders (41 living alone)), 43 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 325 2-persons, 171 3-persons, 219 4-persons, 134 5-persons, 36 6-persons, 8 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 122 1-person, 18 2-persons, 4 3-persons, 3 4-persons,
851 married couples with children.
105 single-parent households (48 men, 57 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 113
| Here: | 24.2% |
| 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: 18
| Here: | 23.1% |
| Minnesota: | 24.6% |