Alden township, Freeborn County, Minnesota (MN) detailed profile
Land area: 35.4 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 338 (all rural)
Males: 184 | (54.4%) |
Females: 154 | (45.6%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 338 (302 owner occupied, 36 renter occupied)
% of renters here: | 11% |
State: | 25% |
Races in Alden township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 98.2%
Median age of males: 39.8
Median age of females: 41.0
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Average household size: 2.70
Alden township: | 2.7 people |
Minnesota: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 2.94
Alden township: | $46,699 |
Minnesota: | $60,702 |
Here: | $453 |
State: | $753 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $99,683 (it was $76,000 in 2000)
: | $99,683 |
Minnesota: | $180,100 |
Population density: 10 people per square mile | (low). |
This township: | 1.6% |
Whole state: | 7.9% |
76% of Alden 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, 42% lived in Minnesota.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 276
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 39
- South: 0
- West: 9
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.2%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.8% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 122
- 3 or 4: 2
- Mobile homes: 4
Housing units in Alden township with a mortgage: 31 (7 second mortgage, 8 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 21
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (20%)
- Metal and metal products (14%)
- Construction (8%)
- Machinery (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Food (4%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (4%)
- Health care (28%)
- Educational services (14%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- U. S. Postal service (6%)
- Personal and laundry services (6%)
- Wood products (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (11%)
- Farmers and farm managers (10%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (9%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Cashiers (7%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Personal appearance workers (6%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (6%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Alden township:
- German (46.7%)
- Norwegian (23.2%)
- Danish (9.3%)
- Swedish (4.8%)
- United States or American (3.8%)
- Polish (2.8%)
- Dutch (1.4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 139 (76%)
- Carpooled: 12 (7%)
- Walked: 9 (5%)
- Worked at home: 24 (13%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (55%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (32%)
- Electricity (10%)
- Utility gas (2%)
- Wood (2%)
95.9% of residents of Alden township speak English at home.
0.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
3.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (50% speak English very well, 30% speak English well, 20% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 324- In family households: 298 (100 male householders, 2 female householders)
92 spouses, 92 children (84 natural, 3 adopted, 5 stepchildren), 4 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 3 parents, 1 other relatives, 4 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 26 (12 male householders (10 living alone)), 12 female householders (12 living alone)), 2 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 57 2-persons, 15 3-persons, 17 4-persons, 8 5-persons, 4 6-persons, 1 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 22 1-person, 2 2-persons,
66 married couples with children.
10 single-parent households (6 men, 4 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% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 2
Here: | 20.0% |
Minnesota: | 24.6% |