Florence township, Goodhue County, Minnesota (MN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (73% naturalized citizens)
| Florence township: | 0.8% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
71% of Florence township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 48% 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: 1061
- Northeast: 5
- Midwest: 311
- South: 15
- West: 24
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $162,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.5%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
104 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 535
- Two: 3
- Mobile homes: 90
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 4
Median worth of mobile homes: $62,500
Housing units in Florence township with a mortgage: 218 (26 second mortgage, 31 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 127
- Construction (14%)
- Leather and allied products (9%)
- Transportation equipment (6%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Utilities (5%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Health care (22%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Leather and allied products (6%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (6%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
- Health technologists and technicians (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Florence township:
- German (48.8%)
- Norwegian (15.7%)
- United States or American (6.5%)
- Irish (5.9%)
- English (5.2%)
- Swedish (5.0%)
- Danish (1.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (36%)
- Other Eastern Europe (18%)
- Korea (18%)
- Canada (18%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 605 (79%)
- Carpooled: 104 (14%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 7 (1%)
- Walked: 12 (2%)
- Worked at home: 40 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (61%)
- Utility gas (18%)
- Wood (9%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (8%)
- Electricity (4%)
104 people in nursing homes
97.4% of residents of Florence township speak English at home.
1.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (74% speak English very well, 26% speak English not well).
1.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (67% speak English very well, 13% speak English well, 7% speak English not well, 13% don't speak English at all).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,325- In family households: 1,179 (362 male householders, 59 female householders)
353 spouses, 378 children (359 natural, 8 adopted, 11 stepchildren), 2 grandchildren, 10 brothers or sisters, 4 parents, 1 other relatives, 10 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 146 (77 male householders (60 living alone)), 48 female householders (45 living alone)), 21 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 106 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 226 2-persons, 75 3-persons, 69 4-persons, 43 5-persons, 6 6-persons, 2 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 105 1-person, 18 2-persons, 2 4-persons,
288 married couples with children.
44 single-parent households (20 men, 24 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 10
| Here: | 8.3% |
| 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: 13
| Here: | 44.8% |
| Minnesota: | 24.6% |