Buffalo township, Wright County, Minnesota (MN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (44% naturalized citizens)
| Buffalo township: | 0.5% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
74% of Buffalo township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 61% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 91% lived in Minnesota.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1595
- Northeast: 19
- Midwest: 209
- South: 20
- West: 38
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.1%
No gay or lesbian households reported
4 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 598
- Two: 4
- 3 or 4: 3
- 5 to 9: 6
- Mobile homes: 21
Median worth of mobile homes: $45,000
Housing units in Buffalo township with a mortgage: 299 (39 second mortgage, 70 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 67
- Construction (19%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
- Metal and metal products (4%)
- Educational services (3%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Health care (9%)
- Social assistance (7%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Engineers (4%)
- Cashiers (8%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Child care workers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Buffalo township:
- German (42.1%)
- Norwegian (12.1%)
- Swedish (9.3%)
- United States or American (6.9%)
- Irish (5.2%)
- Czech (3.5%)
- Polish (3.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Canada (56%)
- Other Western Europe (44%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 807 (81%)
- Carpooled: 105 (11%)
- Walked: 14 (1%)
- Other means: 7 (1%)
- Worked at home: 67 (7%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (55%)
- Utility gas (19%)
- Electricity (12%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (10%)
- Wood (3%)
- Other fuel (1%)
4 people in homes for the mentally retarded
97.6% of residents of Buffalo township speak English at home.
1.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (74% speak English very well, 26% speak English well).
0.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (80% speak English very well, 20% speak English well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,896- In family households: 1,788 (427 male householders, 87 female householders)
468 spouses, 727 children (671 natural, 30 adopted, 26 stepchildren), 19 grandchildren, 5 brothers or sisters, 12 parents, 13 other relatives, 30 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 108 (76 male householders (68 living alone)), 23 female householders (23 living alone)), 9 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 3 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 182 2-persons, 114 3-persons, 111 4-persons, 70 5-persons, 24 6-persons, 13 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 91 1-person, 8 2-persons,
547 married couples with children.
64 single-parent households (22 men, 42 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 60
| Here: | 21.3% |
| Minnesota: | 11.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 15
| Here: | 7.1% |
| Minnesota: | 6.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 13
| Here: | 41.9% |
| Minnesota: | 24.6% |