Amherst township, Fillmore County, Minnesota (MN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (100% naturalized citizens)
Amherst township: | 0.5% |
Whole state: | 5.3% |
70% of Amherst township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 55% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 68% lived in Minnesota.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 236
- Northeast: 7
- Midwest: 90
- South: 5
- West: 4
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $15,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 1.6%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 120
- One, attached: 8
- Two: 2
- Mobile homes: 12
Median worth of mobile homes: $17,500
Housing units in Amherst township with a mortgage: 4 (2 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 11
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (33%)
- Repair and maintenance (13%)
- Construction (11%)
- Machinery (8%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- U. S. Postal service (4%)
- Wood products (3%)
- Health care (23%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (20%)
- Educational services (14%)
- Machinery (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Social assistance (6%)
- Wood products (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (24%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (11%)
- Operations specialties managers except financial managers (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (5%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (11%)
- Health technologists and technicians (9%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (9%)
- Business operations specialists (6%)
- Accountants and auditors (6%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (6%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (6%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Amherst township:
- Norwegian (37.8%)
- German (35.6%)
- Irish (8.0%)
- United States or American (5.4%)
- Pennsylvania German (2.6%)
- French (except Basque) (1.9%)
- Swedish (1.9%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Canada (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 76 (55%)
- Carpooled: 23 (17%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 4 (3%)
- Walked: 4 (3%)
- Other means: 4 (3%)
- Worked at home: 26 (19%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (50%)
- Wood (23%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (15%)
- Electricity (9%)
- Utility gas (2%)
- Other fuel (2%)
74.8% of residents of Amherst township speak English at home.
25.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (36% speak English very well, 54% speak English well, 7% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 360- In family households: 333 (87 male householders, 7 female householders)
86 spouses, 147 children (142 natural, 0 adopted, 5 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 2 parents, 2 other relatives, 2 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 27 (13 male householders (13 living alone)), 11 female householders (9 living alone)), 3 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 52 2-persons, 10 3-persons, 9 4-persons, 15 5-persons, 2 6-persons, 6 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 22 1-person, 2 2-persons,
146 married couples with children.
7 single-parent households (2 men, 5 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 15
Here: | 28.8% |
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% |