Alton township, Waseca County, Minnesota (MN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Alton township: | 0.3% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
71% of Alton township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 32% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 70% lived in Minnesota.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 453
- Northeast: 9
- Midwest: 119
- South: 1
- West: 2
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.3%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.6% of all households
175 people in federal prisons and detention centers
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 163
- Mobile homes: 9
Median worth of mobile homes: $86,700
Housing units in Alton township with a mortgage: 44 (13 second mortgage, 6 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 32
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (28%)
- Construction (15%)
- Metal and metal products (10%)
- Printing and related support activities (6%)
- Wood products (5%)
- Machinery (3%)
- Food and beverage stores (3%)
- Educational services (18%)
- Health care (14%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (9%)
- Public administration (9%)
- Printing and related support activities (8%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Food and beverage stores (6%)
- Farmers and farm managers (16%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (7%)
- Supervisors of construction and extraction workers (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Construction laborers (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (14%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (9%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Secondary school teachers (5%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Alton township:
- German (62.1%)
- United States or American (8.0%)
- Norwegian (7.8%)
- Irish (6.6%)
- Swedish (3.4%)
- English (2.9%)
- French (except Basque) (2.3%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 148 (74%)
- Carpooled: 25 (13%)
- Worked at home: 27 (14%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (59%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (20%)
- Wood (9%)
- Utility gas (8%)
- Electricity (3%)
175 people in federal prisons and detention centers
98.7% of residents of Alton township speak English at home.
1.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 410- In family households: 368 (123 male householders, 3 female householders)
115 spouses, 111 children (105 natural, 2 adopted, 4 stepchildren), 2 grandchildren, 1 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 4 other relatives, 9 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 42 (28 male householders (28 living alone)), 14 female householders (14 living alone)), 0 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 176 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 65 2-persons, 25 3-persons, 24 4-persons, 6 5-persons, 3 6-persons, 3 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 42 1-person,
127 married couples with children.
10 single-parent households (7 men, 3 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 14
| Here: | 27.5% |
| 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% |