Waukon township, Norman County, Minnesota (MN) detailed profile
Land area: 36.2 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 147 (all rural)
Males: 83 | (56.5%) |
Females: 64 | (43.5%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 147 (130 owner occupied, 17 renter occupied)
% of renters here: | 12% |
State: | 25% |
Races in Waukon township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 96.6%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 2.0%
- Two or more races: 1.4%
Median age of males: 43.1
Median age of females: 43.3
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Average household size: 2.45
Waukon township: | 2.5 people |
Minnesota: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 2.91
Waukon township: | $46,046 |
Minnesota: | $60,702 |
Here: | $369 |
State: | $753 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $80,513 (it was $49,100 in 2000)
: | $80,513 |
Minnesota: | $180,100 |
Population density: 4 people per square mile | (very low). |
This township: | 9.1% |
Whole state: | 7.9% |
This township: | 6.5% |
Whole state: | 3.2% |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Church in Waukon township: Ness Church (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Cemetery: Ness Lutheran Cemetery (1). Display/hide its location on the map
84% of Waukon township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 54% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 100% lived in Minnesota.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 130
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 22
- South: 0
- West: 2
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $27,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.3%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 1.7% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 63
- 10 to 19: 3
- Mobile homes: 3
Median worth of mobile homes: $65,000
Housing units in Waukon township with a mortgage: 13 (0 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 6
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (41%)
- Educational services (18%)
- Truck transportation (10%)
- Transportation equipment (8%)
- Construction (5%)
- Food (5%)
- U. S. Postal service (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (21%)
- Educational services (21%)
- Farm product raw materials merchant wholesalers (18%)
- Finance and insurance (14%)
- Pharmacies and drug stores (11%)
- Health care (7%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Farmers and farm managers (23%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (18%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Supervisors of construction and extraction workers (5%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (14%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (14%)
- Health technologists and technicians (11%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (11%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (7%)
- Other food preparation and serving workers including supervisors (7%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Waukon township:
- Norwegian (59.3%)
- German (28.0%)
- Swedish (6.0%)
- Czech (1.3%)
- Scotch-Irish (1.3%)
- United States or American (1.3%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 47 (70%)
- Carpooled: 8 (12%)
- Walked: 2 (3%)
- Other means: 2 (3%)
- Worked at home: 8 (12%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (30%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (28%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (22%)
- Wood (20%)
97.3% of residents of Waukon township speak English at home.
2.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 154- In family households: 131 (44 male householders, 2 female householders)
43 spouses, 38 children (38 natural, 0 adopted, 0 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 4 parents, 0 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 23 (12 male householders (10 living alone)), 6 female householders (4 living alone)), 5 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 28 2-persons, 5 3-persons, 8 4-persons, 5 5-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 14 1-person, 4 2-persons,
33 married couples with children.
3 single-parent households (2 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% |